The College Thread

[CrimsonTider]

Harvard class of 2010

finished with a 3.8 gpa

 

[Two Stacks]

Harvard class of 2010

finished with a 3.8 gpa

and where do you practice law?



you better be a member of the 6 figure annual club or you lost.

 

[Luchini]

U Miami 2014. I can't wait to leave

 

[Atlrocafella]

college:University of Alabama Birmingham

Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering

Graduation: May 2012

Current Job: Finding a Job


-DMP-

Shouldn't take you that long..surprised you didn't have anything lined up before you graduated.

 

[Nick Barnes]

ICDC

Spoiler

 

[YBE]

College: Howard University

Major: Economics

Graduation: Winter 2013 (less than 47 credits away )

Plans: Getting that Wall Street paper -> MBA (thinking Booth) -> Back to getting that Wall Street paper

 

[Avion]

Davidson College class of 2014

 

[Coast'in]

Coastal Carolina University just graduated this year

 

[Sire366]

Temple U 10'

 

[Schmoove]

Alabama A&M

50-ish credits left.













































Major: Marketing

 

[No1]

College: Howard University

Major: Economics

Graduation: Winter 2013 (less than 47 credits away )

Plans: Getting that Wall Street paper -> MBA (thinking Booth) -> Back to getting that Wall Street paper

Booth isn't easy to get into fam. Good luck on that son.

 

[MoneyTron]

Auburn University - 2011

Plan on going to get my MBA in about 3 years. Already got hookups at George Washington, Emory, and Wharton. Really want to try to get into Harvard B-School though.

 

[Schmoove]

Auburn University - 2011

Plan on going to get my MBA in about 3 years. Already got hookups at George Washington, Emory, and Wharton. Really want to try to get into Harvard B-School though.

What was your major? Job experience?

 

[YBE]

Booth isn't easy to get into fam. Good luck on that son.

Yea, I know. It's just more realistic aiming for Booth than HBS, SGSB or Wharton. Plus, the general consensus is coming out of Chicago, the workload is so you'll be on cats who coasted through B-school.

http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/booth-vs-hws

Booth is incredibly strong on the quantitative front. Our MD had an MBA from Harvard, but he would get nervous when a Chicago or Stanford guy would start talking about anything more complicated than addition or subtraction. Chicago guys are known for having a disciplined and somewhat numerical approach to stuff.

I guess the real question is what do you need to complement your background? If you have a liberal arts undergrad and IBD or Sales background and want to move into something like research or asset management, I'd strongly recommend Chicago or perhaps Wharton. If you have an engineering undergrad, quant trading professional work, and want to go into consulting in some Northeastern city, Harvard is probably the better choice.

Chicago and Northwestern are a little less selective than Harvard, Penn, Wharton, Yale, and Stanford but they still manage to have the same reputation among hiring managers- and they manage to kick Stanford's, Yale's, and Wharton's butt. This should tell you something about the overall value and quality of the programs. I also think this is where you start seeing the self-selection of cultures for the schools. If you want to signal that you're exclusive, that's Harvard. If you want to realize your potential, though, you're really looking at Booth or Kellogg. Booth is the more quantitative program; Kellogg is more soft-skills.

Goal is get my GPA back up to a 3.6-3.7.....study these next two years for the GMAT & get the work experience

 

[MoneyTron]

What was your major? Job experience?

Business administration. I'm an analyst at a small PE firm right now.