Getting into Wall St. firms from Georgia Tech?

InPursuit
Mon, 30 Apr 2018 20:16:24 +0000

@lmao2018 Thanks for clarifying. While I understand that you “feel that my post poorly portrays the quality of the banking opportunities pursued by GA Tech students, and thus loses a little of its honesty,” your basis for that feeling seems to be little more than feeling itself. I refer readers to LinkedIn to see the listing of recent Georgia Tech grads in IB and trading at places like Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan. All of the MBB consulting firms and all of the big 4 accounting firms also recruit on campus and on the quant side D.E. Shaw and AQR Capital recruit.

If the OP was 100% set on finance and the $60k did not matter, then Dartmouth is an easy choice. Dartmouth has more students interested in finance and more abundant recruiting, along with the increased competition for interview slots that come along with that student body. The $60k does matter though, as the OP only wants to “bear that extra $60k expense if it means I have a chance to land those jobs.” My point is that the extra $60k does not give the OP a chance not available at Tech. The opportunity to go to a BB bank for IB or sales and trading is alive and well at Tech. (see: LinkedIn)