Quote Originally Posted by BanginJimmy
dont bother going to school in GA if you want to get into investment banking.
First off, you're a dumbass... simple as that. UGA's Terry College of Business is ranked 3rd in Finance among public school's MBA programs. GSU's Robinson College of Business is ranked 5th once again, in finance among MBA Programs.

You need to go to a school like Vandy, Standford, Northwestern, or an Ivy League to get that big money right off.
Once again, bullshit. In fact, you didn't even list the truly prestigious business schools (private or public, other than a generic "ivy league" and even then, only certain ivy league schools sport strong business programs). Shows how much you know.....

You also need to go straight through for your masters as a BA wont do you much good.
You obviously know nothing of master's programs as they require you to take a atleast year and a half worth of undergraduate "BBA" courses as prerequisites and thats only if your coming in with 5+ years of professional experience in the field that your pursuing (honestly, enjoy wasting the application fee if you just walk out to any school, take the gmat and apply without significant experience in your industry and without a 4 year degree... granted a BBA is more valuable since you will already have your prereq's done and be able to do a 1 year MBA program). Also remember that nowadays unless you fall in the catagory of a corporation's grandfather clause, you are required to have a 4 year degree for 99.99% of jobs in the finance industry. Therefore unless you are someone who has worked in the industry for many years and is coming to get an MBA to get past the glass ceiling, you most likely will not be accepted without a bachelor's degree first.




To the OP, regarding investment banking.... the finance industry as a whole is suffering rather severely. This can be a pro or con depending on your position. Obviously this is a challenge to you if you are currently looking for a job and already have a degree (as there are thousands of people out there with experience and degrees in the same position as you). However if you are currently in school this environment has some positive news for you. Honestly those jobs on wallstreet weren't "destroyed" with the credit crisis. They are more or less just "unavailable". As the cyclical nature of the economy self rights this trough, we will see many of those jobs return and the best news is, the majority of those employees who filled those jobs before will have already pursued other work. This is going to leave a need in the finance industry for those with MBA's in accounting, finance and MS's economics.


And terminus2k, investment banks are very much still investment banks. I guarantee you that BoA, GS, AIG, etc are still employing investment bankers.... The basic definition of an investment banker is a financial trader who represents his company and invest's his company's capital in markets. To the OP, there are several divisions in investment banking, I suggest you find the one that suits you the most... The generic 4 are Operations, Research, S&T, and IBD.