<p>Slightly off subject, but I wouldn’t look too hard at bulge bracket I-banking unless you knew that was what you wanted to do and wouldn’t accept working for a boutique i-bank. </p>
<p>Most companies are going to wait to go public and in 4 years I doubt business will have picked up that much, so there will be less need for i-banking. There are also fewer ‘big boys’ than there were just 3 years ago and thus a ton fewer job opportunities. </p>
<p>With credit tightened like it is, venture capital and private equity firms are going to be the way companies are going to raise capital for the next several years. I would look there for internships in addition to i-banks. If you want to work else where in finance, hedge funds are still making money and botique ibanks that specialize in restructuring are making a killing so they may be looking for interns.</p>
<p>I do think the Investment Banking workshop at Kelley seems worthwhile. LSE would look great on a resume but I have seen more good (and jobs) come out of summer internships than anything else.</p>
<p>School-wise, I’d definitely put Kelley at the top but for Finance Tulane’s Freeman might get the edge. Kelley is going to be better known and is probably the best ‘rounded’ business school. This is mainly due to Tulane’s weak marketing department.</p>