Ton of questions about Marshall

andrewt787
Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:35:46 +0000

I am going to go waaaaaay out on a limb here and say that, seeing as you are my daughter’s age and are asking (in other threads) about which school you should attend, that you also are not currently employed in “high finance” and can only guess about the conversations that take place in “high finance.”

Well, you actually don’t have to be an investment banker to know what the highly recruited schools for IB are. There’s a forum called Wall Street Oasis where anyone can get a ‘feel’ for life in investment banking and other high finance functions. You don’t have to work in the industry to know that USC is not targeted that much for Wall Street. Here’s a thread about USC’s reputation on Wall Street.

[Is USC a Target? | WallStreetOasis.com](http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/is-usc-a-target)

Keep in mind that most of the people who post on WSO work in investment banking, and are not just high schoolers like they are here on CC.

As you can see, USC is generally viewed as being strong only on the West Coast. It’s presence on Wall Street is…lacking. I think this is all OuterSpace was trying to say. No need to take it so personally.

adults in real life (outside of “high finance,” of course) do not spend time debating the merits of various business schools.

I totally agree. Outside of the “high finance” arena, the school you go to doesn’t make a HUGE difference. Marshall is a top school for Big 4 and Corp. Finance in LA. In investment banking, the school you go to plays a big role though. That’s generally why people rank business schools based on their Wall Street placement. One will most likely have a better shot at IB from McCombs or Ross and DEFINITELY Wharton than Marshall. In terms of “low finance” (where you work), the difference between these three schools is negligible, so it’s understandable that you’ve never heard them come up.