Help with Undergraduate Dilemma

SEA_tide
Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:28:11 +0000

CC has an Investment Banking subforum, but I-Banking is more prestige-oriented. A graduate degree from a top school would be helpful if you were going to do that. If your sights are set on regional companies versus NYC, Alabama has a large following among southern banking companies. I’m in a finance club that hosts speakers from around the country and it’s interesting how many UA graduates they recruit. Regions Financial is based in Birmingham, so UA is a top school for them. Just a quick note, Alabama has few if any branches of the large national banks like Chase and BOA, Wells Fargo owns Wachovia now, so they will be having a presence soon. Even though I’m a finance major, I’m not specifically looking at banks and investment firms as possible careers. Especially with the recent financial crisis, it pays to have multiple options.