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Originally Posted by AboveAndBeyond
Sorry to thread jack but instead of accounting, what about for investment banking or even corporate banking for that matter? Love to hear ULIC's thought on this one, he seems knowledgeable in banking.
Does it give you an advantage coming out of a prestige school(UBC/SFU) than say Cap or BCIT for investment banking or even corporate banking?
To answer the OP's question, I'd say no it doesn't matter as much for Accounting.
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School matters a LOT for ibanking. I did quite a bit of research into this industry at one point (check out wallstreetoasis.com forums, they have legit advice and industry professionals over there), and school (target/ivy) definitely matters if you are gunning for BB or even MM. GPA and past internships also plays a huge part (GPA is more of a cutoff).
If you are in the lower mainland, UBC is your best bet. Sauder has a Portfolio Management program which I've heard is pretty good. If you take a quick search on linkedin for connections at BB's, you will see that the mass majority of their people are from target and ivy league schools. Hell, look in the public resume review section on wallstreetoasis, some of these people have decked out resumes... these are the peeps you are competing against for BB/MM. Here's an example of some of the people you would be competing against
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