What are the top schools for undergrad recruiting?

[midas]

For I Banking you need to include the undergrad business schools of Boston College, Notre Dame and Northwestern.

In the last 10 yrs I-Banks have begun to value undergrad biz schools grads as a better alternative to IVY league students who need to be completely trained.

Also, your school doesn't mean much if your GPA is below 3.3 It's usually the cut off to weed out the massive amounts of resumes received every year.

[chisness]

Northwestern doesn't have an undergrad business school

[midas]

My mistake - i thought Kellog was undergrad as well. At one time they did have a shortened MBA route if you previously graduated from biz school.

[DLKeeper1]

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My mistake - i thought Kellog was undergrad as well. At one time they did have a shortened MBA route if you previously graduated from biz school.

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Northwestern sort of has a business undergrad program as of last year, but it's not a separate school.

[mak15]

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Also, your school doesn't mean much if your GPA is below 3.3 It's usually the cut off to weed out the massive amounts of resumes received every year.

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Fortunately (for me) this isn't true. it sure doesn't help though and does depend on what you want to do.

[ImBetterAtGolf]

The OP wrote that he was just getting opinions on an argument, so the thread has wandered a bit, but i don't think anyone in school should have the impression that investment banks don't care about grades, especially low grades. They do. School matters, too. Maybe more than it should, but it matters a lot.

[canis582]

I got into investment banking (R&A for M&A) with a 2.05 from case western reserve u.

[fightingcoward]

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I got into investment banking (R&A for M&A) with a 2.05 from case western reserve u.

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Care to explain how??

[canis582]

I had about the best interview coach possible. Plus it was for a firm based out of a third class city like Allentown or Akron.

[mak15]

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i don't think anyone in school should have the impression that investment banks don't care about grades

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of course. investment banks care a lot about grades, as do all employers, and from experience (both my own and friends') they along with consulting jobs care more about grades than do hedge fund, private equity, and trading shops.

All I was saying is that I know for a fact that you can have a GPA below 3.3 at Wharton and still get plenty of interviews and offers for many top finance jobs, although obviously it may be near impossible to get an M+A job for Goldman or a consulting position with McKinsey without connections, some serendipitous event, or some other extraordinary experience or siutation.