Investment Banking schools for bad students
Hello I am a senior in high school and to be frank I am not the best student, I have a 3.5 gpa and a 27 act and I have read enough on here to know that that just won’t cut it for top target schools. I have also read that lower tier schools generally have a more regional effect in ib. I am a cheap guy and would rather not go to nyc but would not hesitate to take an offer!! I know that banking in Chicago, Houston, Atlanta, and Charlotte is a lot cheaper and will allow me to save more. So what schools could I get into that would give me a chance at ib in the south or Chicago. I was thinking Texas a&m for Houston, uiuc for Chicago (would say Indiana but I heard the ibw is extremely competitive), uga for Atlanta and I don’t know for Charlotte haha. Getting into unc out of state is tough let alone with my stats. Do you guys have any suggestions for schools/advice on which schools perform the best regionally? Thanks a ton in advance!!!
Also should I going to Missouri university for a year( in state) and then transfer to a better school?
3.5 GPA is pretty good
3.5 is mediocre, to be honest. Literally 50% of all high school seniors carry an A average! See, https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/07/17/easy-a-nearly-half-hs-se…
note: SAT/ACT scores are pretty flat overall, so it's not like kids are getting smarter.
Let me revise my comment. A 3.5 isn't awful...
I commented on your southern IB one, and after this, I'm gonna confirm SMU and add TCU, Tulane, Baylor, and other private schools. Get better at school, that isn't easy, but you have time to improve. I would probably say stay away from public schools simply because the competition of the sheer numbers there will be 10-20+ kids with close to perfect grades competing against you. Stick to private schools, preferably with very tight alumni networks, and start networking early.
Tulane may be a no go, I saw online that their acceptance rate dropped to 17% that's pretty hard with a 27 ACT.
To be fair? Their acceptance rate is so low because they offered extended applications and fee waivers. Engineered acceptance.
Thanks so much for the advice!
isnt it easier to get accepted out of state because you pay more? if you have the money you might be able to get into USC which is an IB powerhouse on the west coast. my friends at USC that wanted IB ended up at Lazard HC, JPM MA, and HL RX
USC is private
No chance those stats get OP into USC anyway lol
Out of State schools are probably harder to get into, since many states have laws limiting the number of out of state students the schools can accept. That said, you're probably right that schools want to maximize the number of out of state students they recruit given the restraints.
USC Marshall/Viterbi is great for IB; when I visited for scholarship weekend, upperclassmen were telling me about how a bunch of people place into Tech Banking up in SF (Most notably GS/MS TMT). USC as a school, however, is pretty difficult to get into nowadays. Acceptance rate for the whole undergrad program is something like 13% , and acceptance rates for Business and Engineering undergrad programs are below 10%.
USC is private and selective, UCLA is public and potentially easier to get into out of state. They also don’t consider freshman year of high school which could help or hurt you. Placement has been good from UCLA this year, obviously LA and SF and some Houston/NYC.
Pick what city you’d eventually want to live in (your other thread said Houston, so UT, TCU, SMU, Baylor would all set you up well) and go from there.
Don't think that is true, although it makes sense. State schools tend to be more lenient for in-state kids. #StateSchoolBoiz
SMU has an unreal business school. Not to mention, they have a specialization of the Finance Major that focuses on Alternative Asset management. The program is completely funded by Encap.
Texas A&M has increasingly gotten better at placing for IB and consulting. Very important to get into certain organizations to help you build a good network. Lots of placement into Houston and Dallas banks, especially the energy focused practices.
I am considering going to my state school for a year and trying to transfer to Cornell ilr, uva and then Mcintire, or Vanderbilt. I have read that those have relatively high acceptance rates (30 percent) and would give me the best shot at ib any thoughts?
Cornell transfer rate is misleading. Most of those transfers come from a "guaranteed transfer plan" from another school (mostly Fordham I believe).
Increase the ACT score and take a look at transferring to Villanova. I would consider Nova to be one of the more transfer-friendly schools.
I transferred in Vanderbilt after my first year at a non target private school with 1340 SAT and 3.9 GPA. Get a high GPA and u have a good chance
Did transferring kind of suck, with regard to making friends and living situation? idk if Vandy kids mostly live on campus 2nd 3rd 4th years? also, Vandy is Greek Life heavy...maybe you rushed?
@stay.hungry and everyone else I have one last question because I think I have pretty much decided on staying in Texas how would u rank smu tcu and Baylor in landing ib gigs in Houston I have heard that most people from smu are in some alternative assets program or something and some other programs. Do banks only recruit from those programs? And how do Baylor and tcu fair in Houston ib?
Generally SMU, then TCU, then Baylor. PM me for specifics.
If you are looking at IB in the south, why not Emory? Emory sends a lot of kids to IB in the south (Atlanta, Charlotte) and a decent amount to New York and other cities. In addition, its Oxford campus is pretty easy to get into. Easier entry, same degree.
UK universities will only look at APs as it is akin to their A Levels. If you have three or four 5/5 on AP tests and/or can get your teachers to predict 5/5 on more of them, you can get into U.K. targets (Oxbridge/LSE/UCL/Imperial/Warwick Econ) or semi targets (Durham/Bristol/Exeter/Kings)
Additionally, Canadian schools only look at your senior year grades + ECs. So apply for their good schools (Western Ivey, Queen’s Commerce, UToronto, UBC, etc)
I wish you the best of luck and don’t think about it too hard, still enjoy your youth!
Transfer into USC, it's ALOT easier than people think. As long as you have a 3.7+ I've never heard of people getting rejected from Marshall or dornslife.
This is only true if you attend a community college in California. Transfering from anywhere else is just as competitive, if not more competitive, than high school applications.
The benefit of USC is after 30 college credits, they no longer look at your high school record, which can be beneficial to those that did not do the best in high school.
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