Is Temple considered non-target?

Temple is pretty non-target, considering I never heard of it. My rule of thumb is: if the school is not nationally known or recognized, it's probably a non-target.

Try some alums. Otherwise you might have to wait until after B-school

i just got bloomberg certified, do you think that'll get be a bigger signing bonus. Also Temple has a nationally recognized financial planning program.

its not a target, but im sure there are some alumni from your school in banking, so take a look at your alumni database and network all you can. being out of school actually makes it a little tougher to break into the field since you cant go through the standard analyst/associate recruiting process, but there are always firms hiring (not necessarily the BBs and elite boutiques, but occasionally some decent firms), so always keeps your eyes and ears open for opportunities. good luck!

I would network hard, BB certified will not change your pay, and Temple is definitely a non-target. But if you have any alums in finance they will probably be willing to help. You may have to look hard or into the higher levels.

Temple is not a target and being bloomberg certified most likely will not get you a raise.

Temple is not a target and being bloomberg certified most likely will not get you a raise.

I will confirm what everybody else is saying about Temple. However, you should look up Temple's career service website. I know my school does it, but check if your school has a listing of all the people that came to your school to recruit, it might contain their position within the company and their contact information.

Temple sounds like a club... in SF.

To beat a dead horse: Temple is not a target and is not actively recruited for front-office positions by many firms (that's not to say it isn't recruited at all). It is, however, a very big school with alumni in banking -- you just need to find them.

Haha Temple is definitely a club in SF, and sorry to say, but Temple isn't even a semi-Target. It all depends on what you've been doing since you've been out of school. If you work in corp. dev. somewhere, I'd recommend going to B-school and then move to an associate role in IB. It'll be tough to start as an analyst since practically all banks recruit straight out of undergrad. Best of luck.

You should consider graduate school if you've been out for so long. I'm assuming you're in the Philly area... try a Master of Science in Finance program. I think Villanova and Temple both have one. It may be good to spend the 12 months and show your dedication to Financial Services. I know Villanova's is pretty good, if you don't want to go back to Temple.

Target: Top 10 Semi-Target : Top 10 - 30~40 Non Target : the rest

Several schools not in the top 10 are legitimate targets (Cornell/Brown/Dartmouth/Berkeley/Michigan, for example). Don't make such a stupid generalization.

No, they're full-on targets, as in heavily recruited (Ross and Haas at UMich and UCB). A semi-target -- which is a stupid term anyways, but since she used it -- to me would be a Northwestern, Georgetown or UCLA.

In any case, my point is that "targetness" and ranking aren't directly correlated. Hell, Amherst, Williams and Morehouse are targets, too. This is a big "Top 10" we're building here.

How about this, there are schools that BB IBD directly goes to for OCR. Then there are schools that have MM OCR. Then there are schools which are well knows, top 30-40, lot of alumni, sports schools/whatever, that you have to network your way into IB, but you go to a well known school so it isn't impossible and then you have small, generally not well known places where you have to network and fight to get interviews from.

I am not trying to be mean, but I know 2 kids from my high school who are going to Temple. One was actually retarded (medically) and the other was a class clown who took special math classes and I am pretty sure he had lower than the nation-wide average SAT score of 1,000 (math and verbal).

Temple University is at the extreme end of the "non-target" spectrum.

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What's temple?

It is a public university in Philadelphia.

Temple Drexel St. Joseph Villanova U Penn

All Universities in Philadelphia.

Ya, I chuckled over that comment myself.

University of Michigan - Ross School of Business is definitely a target school.

However, University of Michigan - LS&A and Engineering schools are semi-target.

Temple is a low end semi-target for the NBA developmental league