<p>Futurenyustudent,</p>
<p>Many CAS students go into IB (I major in math/econ and I used to intern at a boutique). Like you said, NYU has one career center for everyone and investment banks don’t recruit by major. Of course, you’d still have to show you have a good grasp of finance.</p>
<p>FWIW.</p>
<p>Bad news for I-Banking…Bank of America announced layoffs of 3,000 in its investment banking unit (15% reduction in force).</p>
<p>Hiring freezes occuring all of the place. Oh noes.</p>
<p>I have a question about recruiting that goes on in feeder schools. Are the schools named feeder schools because anyone in that school can be recruited, or is it just people in the business program (w/e it is in the school; economics, finance, etc.)? So basically, is recruiting done by university, without college major bias, or do they specifically go to the business programs to recruit?</p>
<p>Told you so. Ha Ha ha frikking ha.</p>
<p>If it’s an Ivy or of equal caliber major doesn’t generally matter too much. If you are going to a lesser known school like NYU for example you better major in finance or you’re going to have a hard time getting interviews.</p>
<p>What are some schools that you mean are “of equal caliber?” U Mich? Berkeley? Are those what you mean?</p>
<p>“Ivy Calibre” schools generally means a lot of different schools. Cal and Michigan are two obvious ones, but there are many others. Like Caltech, Chicago, Duke, Emory, Georgetown, Johns Hopkins, MIT, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Rice, Stanford, UVa, Vanderbilt, WUSTL and several top LACs to name a few. Of course, not all of those are hotspots for IB recruiting, but many are.</p>
<p>If you want to get into IB and have the grades, you’ll get in. Don’t worry about your major as long as you go to a reputable college - a majority of the colleges mentioned above are very respectable in this case.</p>
<p>I’ve had friends and family tell me they teach you everything once you get a specific sort of job.</p>
<p>I am applying to Brown. Do you think say, a Econ degree from Brown UG is gonna carry me to bulge-bracket firms like Goldman? (i know MG’s CEO is a Brown grad, but that’s about it)</p>
<p>As previously said, as long as you go to a prestigious school with a good reputation for producing solid financial agents you’ll be fine, it’s all what you make of it.</p>
<p>Brown is highly recruited by IBs.</p>
<p>" “Ivy Calibre” schools generally means a lot of different schools. Cal and Michigan are two obvious ones, but there are many others. Like Caltech, Chicago, Duke, Emory, Georgetown, Johns Hopkins, MIT, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Rice, Stanford, UVa, Vanderbilt, WUSTL and several top LACs to name a few. Of course, not all of those are hotspots for IB recruiting, but many are"</p>
<p>How about Penn State?</p>
<p>[probably not]</p>
<p>No, PSU isn’t ivy caliber (unless you’re talking at Shreyer Honors College).</p>
<p>So Econ at any Ivy will get me thru the door no problem right? because I was sketch on choosing between Brown and Dartmouth ED as I want an I-banking job</p>
<p>Hm. Is what stoneimmaculate said right? I always thought NYU was a well regarded school for business and such.</p>
<p>It’s held is very high esteem for finance, stoneimmaculate either doesn’t know what he’s talking about or worded his post poorly. I think he meant that you should be in NYU Stern for IBanking, but what he wrote makes it sound like anyone in NYU can up and major in finance.</p>
<p>NYU CAS and NYU Stern are both heavily recruited for Ibanking.</p>
<p>no, CAS is not heavily recruited I don’t know where you get that idea from. Unless of course your idea of “heavily recruited” is entirely different than mine.</p>
<p>What i said is true, Stern is a solid target for Ibanking and although it doesn’t hold a candle to the ivies and a select other few it is pretty solid. </p>
<p>CAS is a below average program, there is no arguing this.</p>
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<p>And you’re being stupid. There is no arguing this.</p>