<p>Why doesn’t Lazard recruit at Duke? From this list, they do recruit down south but excludes Duke. I thought Duke was a top feeder to the biggest and best firms. I am sorta surprised…</p>
<p>[Lazard</a> Ltd: Recruitment Calendar - North America Undergraduates](<a href=“http://www.lazard.com/careers/FA-NA-UG.aspx]Lazard”>http://www.lazard.com/careers/FA-NA-UG.aspx)</p>
<p>
It is. Bank of America, Barclays Capital, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, PricewaterhouseCoopers, RBS, UBS, and others all recruit at Duke.</p>
<p>As for Lazard, Duke had a recruiting session for Lazard Middle Market, though I have no idea if that is the same.</p>
<p>Alot of the firms who recruit have very long-standing relationships with the university. Lots of alums associated with these companies, therefore lots of new recruits year after year. It’s just very possible Duke hasn’t had the chance to cultivate the same relationship with Lazard. Your opportunities, as stated by hippo, will be vast.</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>Here are some of these Duke alums: </p>
<p>[Duke</a> MBAs Fail Ethics Test](<a href=“Businessweek - Bloomberg”>Businessweek - Bloomberg)</p>
<p>^■■■■■. Please ignore.
His posting history is here: [College</a> Confidential - Search Results](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/search.php?do=finduser&u=289318]College”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/search.php?do=finduser&u=289318)</p>
<p>Does anyone know what to major in at Duke to have the best shot at obtaining a job as an investment banker? Trinity or Pratt? If Trinity, what major at Trinity, and if Pratt, what major at Pratt?</p>
<p>Econ/Math/Stat + anything else in Trinity or Pratt</p>
<p>Zonlicht is correct, but it should be noted that the current method of recruiting on Wall Street doesn’t truly value one major over another. With the training program that the majority of large firms mandate for new-to-the-street employees, what you studied at university doesn’t have much hold since you are taught the in’s and out’s of the business upon arrival. What intrigues firms is having a major that is indicative of quantitative and reasoning intelligence. What recruiters refer these majors as “technical majors”. Much to my surprise, after speaking with several recruiters from various firms, Economics is no longer seen as a technical major, though of course majoring in Economics is by no means a disadvantage. Along the same lines, majors such as Political Science, Public Policy, Psychology, Business, etc. don’t excited recruiters as much as Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering, etc. </p>
<p>In the end, as long as your major in within a certain field of choices that would lend itself well to the skills needed to survive and thrive on Wall Street, you’ll be fine.</p>
<p>-TBD</p>