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<p>That’s is the key, and that’s why UChicago is not a target school for many BB firms. When a school is not a target school, it means the firm does not recruit on campus, and resumes from non target school are put into a general pool, which means it’s a lot more competitive.</p>
<p>Cornell is not a target school for CS for whatever reason, but is a target school for MS, JP, DB, Blackrock…When my daughter applied to CS, she was not offered an off campus interview until very late. Ultimately she was offered a job, but it was only after they were finished with all of their target schools.</p>
<p>It is important to go to a target school if you want to work at a BB.</p>
<p>cgurr1 is right, it doesn’t mean students from UChicago are not as smart as students from Duke, it means their focus is different and IBs recognize it.</p>