Why are people so secretive about naming the B school. (1) this person isn’t you (2) there are a ton of students graduating from the program (3) she can’t get an inverview anyway so why are you worried about her being discovered My conclusion - it’s not a top 10.
The top business schools have ninja assassination squads for anyone saying anything bad about them. You can’t be too careful these days.
Top B Schools in the South: UVA, Duke, UNC, Emory. I think Duke and UVA are sitting right above the 10 spot.
@All: Thanks for the comments. All the things mentioned in my previous post are true. If any of you want to help out that would be great. If not, you can continue taking shots. After all that’s what the forum is for.
achilles Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > @ MissCleo: I am not sure what you mean. The last > thing someone would do, is to misrepresent > information to get some advice. Cambridge, NERC, Watson Wyatt, recruit at those top 10 schools, that’s what I meant.
achilles Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > @All: Thanks for the comments. All the things > mentioned in my previous post are true. If any of > you want to help out that would be great. If not, > you can continue taking shots. After all that’s > what the forum is for. The specific business school matters. Give better data and you may get a better answer. Give crappy data and you get… well, you know what you get.
achilles Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Profile: In graduating year at a top 10 MBA > school. CFA Level 2 candidate. 4 years of > Information Technology background. No prior > financial services experience. Summer internship > at a boutique IC. I don’t have an MBA and so I haven’t been through the process, but shouldn’t she have a job lined up by now? I’m pretty sure we’ve already hired our incoming MBA class, though maybe we’re still looking at a few candidates (I doubt it though)
She can probably go in (assuming she land a job) as an associate. That would put her just below 100k especially when she has no prior finance background. Anyone agree? On the recruiting side, I would suggest her go directly to the websites and apply. IF they have not done any on-campus recruiting. That’s the best I can provide. Just like what everyone says, it’s case-by-case and how lucky you are.
yuoska Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > She can probably go in (assuming she land a job) > as an associate. That would put her just below > 100k especially when she has no prior finance > background. Anyone agree? > > On the recruiting side, I would suggest her go > directly to the websites and apply. IF they have > not done any on-campus recruiting. > > That’s the best I can provide. Just like what > everyone says, it’s case-by-case and how lucky you > are. Just
Just to add to Chuck’s point, for anyone that is interested in IC, I sincerely believe that actuary or CFA is much more appreciated than MBA. I will support myself with the following reasons. What do you do in an IC firm - manager research, portfolio construction and capital market. CFA is a big plus for manager research because you just happen to know what they are talking about. It’s a plus if you have been on the other side of the fence. Portfolio construction requires lots math, simulating and statistics. Two components within this area are “consulting” (CFA Level 3) and “constructing” (CFA Level 3 and actuary) Capital market is different to IB’s capital market. Capital market in IC means to understand the characteristics, return driver and risk factor of each asset classes. These normally feed into portfolio construction. Actuary is well appreciated in this regard. I was told that had I not began CFA, the firm will ask me to choose between actuary or CFA anyway.
Most actuaries avoid pension consulting and would prefer to go into life or P&C. I didn’t say all, but if you’re going down the actuarial path then chances are the pension side isn’t the most attractive.