How to compete with the target schools

cmrawe
Sun, 11 Mar 2012 21:46:35 +0000

We recently had someone from Morningstar talk about equity research from the buy side and he was saying how dissapointed he was in some of his ivy colleagues. He said that he noticed a huge difference in work and personal ethics between those who come from non target schools compared to the ivies. He graduated from the University of Florida (where I go). I am only a Freshman but I have several friends with internships to JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs. The key is to look for programs at your school that will differentiate you. For example, UF has a joint degree program where you get your Master’s in Finance along with your undergrad in the same 4 years. This is a huge step up for people coming from UF.