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Do you have to go to the top 20 universities to be a investment banker?
This thread is old, however, its evidently some use to prospective Investment Bankers.
Please feel free to use this thread to discuss Economics based degrees and routes into Investment Banking, but don't direct them at me.
Please feel free to use this thread to discuss Economics based degrees and routes into Investment Banking, but don't direct them at me.
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simply put....no
you need to go to to a target uni to be within a shout....
however if you have work exp, solid ECs and a solid degree (1st IMO), there is no reason you wouldn't have a chance....
but then there is also the issue of UCAS point filters....as many will not even look at you if you have less than about 300 point...
you need to go to to a target uni to be within a shout....
however if you have work exp, solid ECs and a solid degree (1st IMO), there is no reason you wouldn't have a chance....
but then there is also the issue of UCAS point filters....as many will not even look at you if you have less than about 300 point...
Original post by multiplexing-gamer
I want to do Economics at the Royal Holloway. Is it good enough?
Sorry for going to the stereotype.
Sorry for going to the stereotype.
Use the search function, but to answer your question, to work in an investment bank, no. But to work in the front office in a good investment bank you are looking top 5/10
Original post by infernalcradle
simply put....no
you need to go to to a target uni to be within a shout....
however if you have work exp, solid ECs and a solid degree (1st IMO), there is no reason you wouldn't have a chance....
but then there is also the issue of UCAS point filters....as many will not even look at you if you have less than about 300 point...
you need to go to to a target uni to be within a shout....
however if you have work exp, solid ECs and a solid degree (1st IMO), there is no reason you wouldn't have a chance....
but then there is also the issue of UCAS point filters....as many will not even look at you if you have less than about 300 point...
Could I be one with Edinburgh university at number 11, or St Andrews at 7? Or ideally does it need to be like top 5?
Top 20 is a lot already
. If you're not top 6 your chances to get an interview fall rapidly. On the upside, there still are chances, so if you are not target, make sure you have very strong ECs, are very strong at doing the Numericals and in some extreme way distinguish yourself from the other candidates applying. If you are not target, you must have something much more flashy and ungeneric ( Finance club is generic btw) to get an interview, compared to a target uni.
. If you're not top 6 your chances to get an interview fall rapidly. On the upside, there still are chances, so if you are not target, make sure you have very strong ECs, are very strong at doing the Numericals and in some extreme way distinguish yourself from the other candidates applying. If you are not target, you must have something much more flashy and ungeneric ( Finance club is generic btw) to get an interview, compared to a target uni.
Would KCL qualify as one of the 'top 6'? I'm doing maths at KCL with the hope of becoming an investment banker after graduation.
Original post by multiplexing-gamer
Could I be one with Edinburgh university at number 11, or St Andrews at 7? Or ideally does it need to be like top 5?
hmm....I'd forget the rankings....
but I do vaguely remember that St. Andrews MIGHT be one of the target unis....
wait for someone older and wiser to confirm this though
Original post by malteser12345
Would KCL qualify as one of the 'top 6'? I'm doing maths at KCL with the hope of becoming an investment banker after graduation.
Top 6 are Oxbridge, LSE, UCL, Warwick and Imperial. (Target uni's for IB's, not uni's for Maths)
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Guys, bear in mind people that get into the top 6, and want to go into IB, don't think you are guarenteed place! people who are truly motivated and show real flaire can also obtain FO jobs I know a person who got a BA economics degree at manchester - no contacts - straight to a FO trader role at goldman sachs then moved to jp morgan to head up thier prop desks, 7 years later and he was retired at the age of 28!
More like top 5
Original post by Arianto
What's a target uni?
Oh dear...
Original post by CityTrader
Guys, bear in mind people that get into the top 6, and want to go into IB, don't think you are guarenteed place! people who are truly motivated and show real flaire can also obtain FO jobs I know a person who got a BA economics degree at manchester - no contacts - straight to a FO trader role at goldman sachs then moved to jp morgan to head up thier prop desks, 7 years later and he was retired at the age of 28!
That's pretty sweet.
If I could retire at 28 I'd spend my entire life doing degree after degree after degree.
History, Economics, Law, Biology, Medicine.
Sadly I'll be lucky to be on more than £30k at 28!
Original post by ilickbatteries
More like top 5
Top 6...oxbridge is TWO unis dont forget :-)
Original post by ilickbatteries
That's pretty sweet.
If I could retire at 28 I'd spend my entire life doing degree after degree after degree.
History, Economics, Law, Biology, Medicine.
Sadly I'll be lucky to be on more than £30k at 28!
If I could retire at 28 I'd spend my entire life doing degree after degree after degree.
History, Economics, Law, Biology, Medicine.
Sadly I'll be lucky to be on more than £30k at 28!
If I retierd at 28 I dont think I would spend my life doing degrees! lol, I would rather just party and enjoy life...
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Is there any good jobs out there for Economics, but not investment banking.
Original post by CityTrader
Top 6...oxbridge is TWO unis dont forget :-)
He wasn't replying to that guy...he was replying the OPs question
noob
Original post by Extricated
He wasn't replying to that guy...he was replying the OPs question
noob
noob
I am a noob.
Original post by CityTrader
Guys, bear in mind people that get into the top 6, and want to go into IB, don't think you are guarenteed place! people who are truly motivated and show real flaire can also obtain FO jobs I know a person who got a BA economics degree at manchester - no contacts - straight to a FO trader role at goldman sachs then moved to jp morgan to head up thier prop desks, 7 years later and he was retired at the age of 28!
do you know this person? are you sure you aren't talking about the guy from "million dollar traders"? if you are, you would know that "story" hasn't actually been confirmed. if you aren't, you should realize that is the most obscene case of adverse selection ever. either way, your a muppet.
to the op, no but IB is more difficult than other divisions (such as trading) to get into if you don't come from a "good" uni.
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