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What is necessary to land a IB/MC gig? 28 Apr 2007, 12:48
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I have heard the following from a current student at an elite. The standard is typically to include your GMAT score if it is 700


Wow, that's surprising to me. I guess it seems a little ostentatious. Like telling someone how much you make. But if that's the standard...
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All Wharton undergrads are told to put their SATs and GPAs right at the top on their resume. So I wouldn't be surprised if MBA grads follow this format. However, since Wharton had been a GND school, their grads might just put their GMATs but not their GPAs.

IB, PE and HC are extremely sensitive to SATs, GMATs and GPAs. Several friends who finished two years of IB were asked to supply their SATs and GPAs when applying to those firms. Some were asked to furnish their transcripts as a condition for offer acceptances.
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What is necessary to land a IB/MC gig? 28 Apr 2007, 13:13
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it matters, especially in trading, you'll find guys who never finished high school...
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What is necessary to land a IB/MC gig? 29 Apr 2007, 18:47
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Guys. is it true that if you are from an ultra elite, you are guaranteed interviews with the firms of your choice ??
Does brand name set aside everything else -atleast to get a call ?
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What is necessary to land a IB/MC gig? 30 Apr 2007, 02:05
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Guys. is it true that if you are from an ultra elite, you are guaranteed interviews with the firms of your choice ??
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I very much doubt so. The schools often employ an internal filter of suitability, student desire (their preferable companies) and various other things. The school wants to maintain its front as a high quality house. Otherwise, you would have about 200 people interviewing at McKinsey, Goldman et al. Which would be crap for the school, the company and its students.

Brand name just gives some schools some historical preferences through alumni, experience of the standard of candidates, etc. You can conceivably get anywhere from any school, just the ease with which it can be performed is somewhat more in your favour from an ultra-elite.
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What is necessary to land a IB/MC gig? 30 Apr 2007, 08:01
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Guys. is it true that if you are from an ultra elite, you are guaranteed interviews with the firms of your choice ??
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The only guarantee in life is death. An ultra elite will get help you get your foot in the door and increases your odds of getting a call, but it isn't magic pixy dust that just swings open the interview floodgates. At least I can't imagine it's that easy. Ask me again in twelve months or so.
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Depends on what you mean. At some schools certain firms will interview anyone who signs up. At other schools there's a bidding system for interviews where you can allocate points based on how badly you want an interview. If you use a large number of your points you can virtually guarantee yourself an interview with your top choice employer. But having used all your points you may be in a bad position for landing interviews for your second and third choice jobs.
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