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Tell me more about Baruch. How does it place in the financial world?
It depends what you want to do in finance. If you want to work in investment banking, not a good option. If you want to work for a Fortune 100 right out of college, also not a good option. But for the average employer in the city, it should be fine. The jobs I have seen requiring degrees from top tier universities are usually at large banks, Fortune 100 companies, hedge funds, etc. And most of them are not entry level anyway, they require some experience. If you intend to go to grad school and aren't wealthy, my advice would be to go somewhere affordable for undergrad but go to a top 10 or top 20 for your MBA.
It depends what you want to do in finance. If you want to work in investment banking, not a good option. If you want to work for a Fortune 100 right out of college, also not a good option. But for the average employer in the city, it should be fine. The jobs I have seen requiring degrees from top tier universities are usually at large banks, Fortune 100 companies, hedge funds, etc. And most of them are not entry level anyway, they require some experience. If you intend to go to grad school and aren't wealthy, my advice would be to go somewhere affordable for undergrad but go to a top 10 or top 20 for your MBA.
Thank you for the advice. I actually am thinking about investment banking. I plan to do graduate school after I finish my undergrad.
Would you not recommend Baruch for their MBA - Finance & Investment ?
Thank you for the advice. I actually am thinking about investment banking. I plan to do graduate school after I finish my undergrad.
Would you not recommend Baruch for their MBA - Finance & Investment ?
It's not a bad program, but the issue is that for IB jobs many employers recruit directly from specific universities. NYU, Columbia, Wharton get heavily recruited by investment banks, at both the undergraduate and the graduate level. If you're going to grad school your undergrad degree doesn't matter as much. So like I said, go to Baruch for undergrad and then NYU for grad school if you want to stay in NYC. It's expensive, but well worth it if that's what you want to do. An NYU MBA with no experience can easily earn $80-100k right out of college working for an investment bank. If you go to Baruch you might not be able to get an IB job at all. And you never want your undergrad and graduate degrees to come from the same school. At my last job, my boss had an undergrad from Wharton and MBA from NYU- great combination, but expensive.
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