The "Is this university/course good enough for banking/consultancy?" thread

because you might want to do the legal advisory side for M&A for example? im sure some setups have in house law department...or just for the simple fact that its a prestigious subject?

M&A deals use Corporate Law firms to sort out legal issues generally, and that's a fairly specific role to be aiming for, far too specific to be basing your university decision on.

Law is prestigious, but Economics opens up more doors. Plus Law is ridiculously tedious - I started Law at LSE but hated it so took a year out instead.

I understand that economics opens more doors, however studying law gaurantees a career as a lawyer minimally,

M & E is hardcore. But Economics is awesome. How mathematical a role do you want after Uni? thats the qs and will also provide the answer.

Is there any real advantage/disadvantage in picking either Maths and Economics at LSE or Maths and Stats at Oxford over each other for getting a FO job in capital markets/M&A? What about for trading?

(I haven't got the LSE offer but just wondering incase I do at some point during the next few months)

Thanks

I just feel compelled to mention that there has never been a thread full of so much BS....

I pity anyone who makes their university or career choices based on what they have read on this page.

Indeed.

Coming from a non-econ/finance/maths/science and non-oxbridge/LSE/UCL/Imperial background, I didn't have much trouble getting interviews. Now I'm working in ER and also participate in the process of reviewing CVs, education is meaningless to me (because it doesn't take long to learn finance, the underlying skills are key), I only focus on work experience, extra-curriculars and motivations.

Are you trying to tell me that it's a rounded personality and some common sense that gets you far, not studying Econ at Cambridge?!? This is controversial news indeed...

Indeed.

Coming from a non-econ/finance/maths/science and non-oxbridge/LSE/UCL/Imperial background, I didn't have much trouble getting interviews. Now I'm working in ER and also participate in the process of reviewing CVs, education is meaningless to me (because it doesn't take long to learn finance, the underlying skills are key), I only focus on work experience, extra-curriculars and motivations.

I just feel compelled to mention that there has never been a thread full of so much BS....

I pity anyone who makes their university or career choices based on what they have read on this page.

If you don't mind me asking, are you reapplying whilst at University or are you taking a Gap Year?

As you can tell, it's also my "possible" gap year plan to reapply to the top 5 once I'm at Loughborough/Birmingham/SOAS etc.

I'm reapplying whilst at university. I considered taking a gap year and reapplying during the gap year when I received only the Southampton offer, but decided to go anyway, but now I've decided to reapply anyway.

Yeah, I can see that. Best of luck!

So the Unis don't mind if you reapply whilst at University?

Nope, they're fine about it.