UW-Madison, or Bentley Univ. I appreciate any advise or opinion.

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<p>Hey everyone,</p>

<p>I am currently a sophomore going into my junior year. </p>

<p>I would like to give you a brief description of my background. I went to highschool in boston at one of the states’ top public schools. I was diagnosed with a learning comprehension disability as well as ADD/ADHD in my sophomore year in HS. I was denied accommodations for my learning disability through the school system because I had been doing well in academically so they figured I didn’t need to special services. This was not the case. I was finally granted these accommodations the end of my senior year. So, yea, I took the SATs, ACTs, and went through all of HS without any sort of services for my disability. I ended up graduating with a 3.0GPA and I attended Purdue University’s Krannert School of Management for my freshmen year of college.</p>

<p>I joined a top fraternity and had an amazing time. I received a 3.0GPA for my first semester, but due to the deaths of two ppl really close to me, in the same week, my second semester GPA was thrown off by a 2.3GPA.</p>

<p>I decided to take a year off to clear my head and get my life back in order. Ultimately, I wanted to find a passion and direction for my future. I found my true interest in Finance and Economics, and pressured myself to take my education more seriously. I want to end up working within either IB, PE, or HF. I have a strong interest in the Stock Market and have done extensive research to strengthen my understanding about the industry. </p>

<p>In my year back at home, I attended a community college in Boston. After take on two full-time semesters, I received a cumulative GPA for the year of a 4.0. I plan on transferring to either Bentley University in Waltham, MA for a Finance & Economics joint major, or The University of Wisconsin-Madison in Madison, WI for an Economics major.</p>

<p>Here is where I would appreciate some advice, opinion, experience, guidance, or help:</p>

<p>I am looking to end up working within IB one day. I understand that my choices are non-target programs, therefore my chances are quite slim and I will need to work extremely hard to maintain above a 3.75 GPA in order to even get my resume on a desk in HR. I’ve employed two finance internships this summer to build up my resume. </p>

<p>I am deciding to go to either Bentley or Wisconsin, and a large part of my decision is based on which school will enhance my chances of breaking into IB. Due to Wisconsin’s reputation of being a huge party school, I have began to think that academically, I would do better at Bentley, but I really don’t know if that would be the case. One day, after two years of working out of graduation, if life is kind, I hope to get my MBA from columbia, northwestern, or the university of chicago. </p>

<p>If anyone could help with some advice I would really appreciate it.</p>

<p>THANKS!!!</p>

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<p>I can say with relative certainty that UW-Madison will not give you a great chance to break into IBanking. I’m less familiar with the East Coast so I cannot be sure about Bentley.</p>

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<p>Bentley is a solid business program from the New England POV. I’m not too sure how accessible investment banking is with a Bentley degree, however.</p>

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<p>so tjamesc has to get a PhD from Oxford before he can work at GS?</p>

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<p>Only if he goes to UW first. People go to GS from UW every year. But not that many are interested either.</p>

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<p>lmao Jay. also, times have changed since Hatzius went to college. It is much harder to get good jobs straight out of non-target schools.</p>

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<p>“Only if he goes to UW first. People go to GS from UW every year. But not that many are interested either.”</p>

<p>Is it just me or do the first and second sentences contradict themselves when taking into account jay’s “question?”</p>

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<p>Thanks for the responses. I really appreciate the help.
Yes, barrons is correct, there are people from UW who go to GS every year, as with other top firms. However, they will only take a select few. Last year they took two. </p>

<p>I am leaning more towards wisconsin. Due to the fact that my family owns a house in wisconsin, I will get instate tuition. All in all, I will be receiving just as good, if not better of an education, for a fraction of the price that Bentley costs. Lets face it, we know that UW-Madison is surely not the first university that investment industry leaders: GS, DB, CS, JPM, MS, ML, BC, Citigroup, Blackstone, Lazard are running to for IB employment opportunities. However, it is certainly not the last. After doing some research, I’ve come to the understanding that there is certainly chances for those top jobs coming out of UW-Madison, they are far and few between, demanding that a good candidate should have at LEAST a 3.8GPA and have serious internship involvement, among many other experiences and credentials. Depending on who you know, reaching out to ones network can play a huge roll in getting those jobs as well.</p>