CollegeNerd67:
Both my daughters were/are finance majors at non-pipeline universities. My older daughter was recruited through Women on Wall Street and although she could have chosen an NYC office, she wanted to stay in Charlotte, so she chose an analyst position in the office here. She has since moved on to a VP position with larger bank that is based in NYC but negotiated a deal to remain in Charlotte and travel once a quarter to NYC.
My younger daughter is a junior and did all the legwork herself to find opportunities in NYC for her finance internship this summer (her university recruits mostly to DC and she didn’t want to be there). She had a fair amount of interest from firms in NYC (non-Wall Street but she’s not interested in that work environment anyway), had several rounds of interviews and two offers from NYC firms. Ultimately, she too decided she wanted to be in Charlotte (we live here) and she accepted an offer with a bank here. A lot of kids have “live & work in NYC” aspirations but when they do the math on the cost of living there, they make other decisions.
My daughter has had a similar experience from a “usually” non-target school. As the OP is also female, it is worth mentioning that the industry is more welcoming to women, from my experience.
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