Do you have to go to the top 20 universities to be a investment banker?

See the hundreds of posts on this topic before but, in short, no, not really.

I was talking about the top 6 target uni's for investment banks. Which is what this thread is about.

That is true but as a maths uni it's top 20 I'd say.

I'm still not sure I'd count KCL. Oxbridge, LSE, Imperial, UCL, Warwick. That's 6 already.

why is manchester there? if they don't take people from sussex and the likes but manchester surely this table ranking is rubbish. sussex is 15th now in the guardian's 2011 table. whilst manchester is 27th i think. flawed system if you ask me.

Yes......that's what I initially said...

First of all, don't look at Guardian's table, it's the worst of three (probably because it is too strongly based on satisfaction ). However, I was also wondering how Manchester is mentioned more times than unis like York, Exeter, Southampton, Sussex, Sheffield, Birmingham and such, since it has weaker economics, maths and engineering departments than most of those and is constantly ranked below them overall.

First of all, don't look at Guardian's table, it's the worst of three (probably because it is too strongly based on satisfaction ). However, I was also wondering how Manchester is mentioned more times than unis like York, Exeter, Southampton, Sussex, Sheffield, Birmingham and such, since it has weaker economics, maths and engineering departments than most of those and is constantly ranked below them overall.

I have a choice to make guys:

Maths at UCL

OR

MORSE at Warwick.

The thing is if I go UCL I can live at home, and basically be debt free, but that's not the case with Warwick.

There are only 168 hours in a week. So that's 28 hours to sleep. 4 hours a night not including the obvious travel required. I think you're lying.

Haha, i hope that what i've read/heard is complete bull****; but i read things like this http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/investment-banking-analyst-life-worst-day/ and this http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?p=15715336&highlight=so%20y'all%20want%20to%20be%20investment%20bankers

I guess these are the worst days (i hope they're the worst days and not every day), i'd still love to be able to do this if i get into IBD but they're still ridiculous when i compare to jobs like consultancy, corp finance at a big 4 etc. Just imagine this every day for a week if you're rushing to get a big deal done; then you could have to do the same the next week i guess.

Manchester is better than most of them for maths. It has a humongous maths department.

so if you do a degree at LSE which is not financial/economics related you dont have a shot at IB either?

so if you do a degree at LSE which is not financial/economics related you dont have a shot at IB either?

Any degree except maybe gender studies will land you interviews. My LSE degree title is extremely obscure and I still managed to interview at several places across the city.

Absolutely not true

What are my chances with an economics degree from the university of York? I also have a contact who works in the securities division at GS.

I think this thread has confused me. Is a degree in Mathematics from Imperial College London enough to secure an interview an an IB for a Quant Analyst role, along with relevant work experience?