Does the school you went to for undergrad really matter for Investment banking? How much does this really help you? How much of a shot does a humanities major from Harvard or Stanford have in comparison to a Finance major from a school like Emory? If one was interested -- what's the proper route that a humanities major from a target school would get into IB?"
You're best off going to a top 6 school, but a decent number of people get in from Duke, Georgetown, liberal arts colleges, high ranked state schools, etc. Basically your chances are the inverse of your school rank lol. No one cares about business/finance/accounting major, if anything CS is preferable to business I think, because business majors tend to be really stupid. School is the number 1 determinant.
If you want the highest odds, you go to an Ivey League school or a top tier school in a specific region (e.g., Berkeley in the Bay Area or UCLA / USC in LA). You can make it from elsewhere, but the number of looks you’ll get diminish as your school ranking does. Once you’re in the door, the school you went to means nothing. The people you work for don’t look at your resume on a daily basis. Your only resume at that point is your work product. That being said, if you want to exit finance for PE or HF or go the MBA route, your pedigree once again comes into play. For instance, I’ve seen Ivey League analysts get looks at by Bain even though they were below average analysts while the top analyst from a non-target was passed by. So, while it may not matter as an analyst or associate, going to a top school will always benefit you, in general
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