<p>@Greens: Thanks for the “grats”, but in the interest of anonymity, I’m not disclosing! </p>
<p>Regarding Engineering as a conduit to IB programs. Yes, I imagine it is harder for an Engineer with bad grades to get into a good IB bank than an AEM major with good grades. Now, an engineer with good grades, that’s another story! Hopefully one of the older posters on this board can chime in on this subject. I don’t really know how the hiring process works when you have lower grades in a tougher curriculum. I would imagine that the smaller firms look at your application holistically and will consider the academic rigor along with your GPA, while the larger firms have a GPA cutoff before they look at your job app. Just conjecture though. </p>
<p>I do know that quants (quantitative analysts) are in huge demand today, and they do not come from programs like AEM - it’s usually Financial Engineering (ORIE), math or physics types that they look for. </p>
<p>Personally, I feel I landed at a good company because I challenged myself with upper level math & econ courses and did well in them - in other words, I didn’t do the AEM minimum.</p>