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Many of the IISER students opt for a PhD after completing their BS-MS Dual Degree. Almost all PhD programs in the US provide some sort of financial assistance and are mostly fully funded. I do not have details of all the graduates and where all they were accepted, but here's a rough list of top US universities from where students of IISER Pune received offer letters (does not necessarily mean they are matriculating).Princeton University - 3 (2 Physics PhD, Neuroscience PhD)University of California, Berkeley - 2 (Physics PhD)California Institute of Technology - 3 (2 Neuroscience PhD, Physics PhD)Columbia University - 6 (Physics PhD, Astronomy PhD, 2 Ecology PhD, 2 MS in Operations Research)University of Chicago - 5 (2 Neuroscience PhD, Physics PhD, Astrophysics PhD, Mathematics PhD)Cornell University - 4 (2 Neuroscience PhD, Astrophysics PhD, Physics PhD)Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences- 1 (Biology PhD)University of Cambridge, UK - 2 (Physics PhD, Manmohan Singh Fellowship)University of California - Los Angeles - 1 (Mathematics PhD)University of California - San Diego - 1 (Neuroscience PhD)Johns Hopkins University - 3 (Neuroscience PhD, Astrophysics PhD, Physics PhD)University of Michigan - 8 (2 Biophysics PhD, Molecular Physiology PhD, Mathematics PhD, 2 Physics PhD, MS in Operations Research, Psychology PhD)University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign - 5 (Astrophysics PhD, Chemistry PhD, Biophysics PhD, Biochemistry PhD, MS in Environmental Engineering)University of Wisconsin - Madison - 7 (Mathematics PhD, Chemistry PhD, 4 Physics PhD, Ecology PhD)University of Texas at Austin - 4 (3 Neuroscience PhD, Computer Science PhD)University of Pennsylvania - 2 (Materials Science and Engineering PhD, Biology PhD)University of Maryland - College Park - 3 (2 Physics PhD, Astrophysics PhD)Carnegie Mellon University - 5 (3 Physics PhD, Astrophysics PhD, Biology PhD)New York University - 3 (2 Biochemistry PhD, Neuroscience PhD)Duke University - 1 (MS in Engineering Management)INSEAD, France - 1 (Operations and Technology Management PhD)Brown University - 1 (Physics PhD)University of Minnesota Twin Cities- 4 (Ecology PhD, Anthropology PhD, 2 Physics PhD)University of Washington at Seattle - 2 (Neuroscience PhD, Mathematics PhD)Georgia Institute of Technology - 4 (2 Physics PhD, Chemistry PhD, MS in Operations Research)Rice University - 4 (Physics PhD, Applied Physics PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering PhD)University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill - 1 (Physics PhD)Pennsylvania State University - 4 (3 Physics PhD, Astrophysics PhD)SUNY Stony Brook - 3 (Physics PhD, Biology PhD, MS in Computer Science)Dartmouth College - 1 (Physics PhD)Purdue University - 4 (2 Chemistry PhD, Physics PhD, Mathematics PhD)University of California - Davis - 2 (Chemistry PhD, Physics PhD)Ohio State University - 6 (3 Mathematics PhD, Physics PhD, 2 Chemistry PhD)Texas A&M University - 3 (Chemistry PhD, Industrial Engineering PhD, Ecology PhD)University of Virginia - 2 (Astrophysics PhD, Ecology PhD)University of California - Irvine - 1 (Materials PhD)Rutgers University - 4 (2 Physics PhD, 2 Chemistry PhD)University of Massachusetts - Amherst - 4 (Chemistry PhD)Iowa State University - 4 (Physics PhD, Applied Mathematics PhD, 2 Chemistry PhD)Boston University - 2 (Mathematics PhD, Physics PhD)University of Florida - 3 (Mathematics PhD, Chemistry PhD, Physics PhD)University of Pittsburgh - 2 (Physics PhD, Chemistry PhD)University of Connecticut - 2 (Physics PhD, Ecology PhD)Louisiana State University - 1 (Physics PhD)University of New Mexico - 3 (2 Physics PhD, Astrophysics PhD)Syracuse University - 2 (Physics PhD, Ecology PhD)Brandeis University - 1 (Mathematics PhD)University of Illinois at Chicago - 1 (Physics PhD)PS: @IISER Pune alumni - If you want to suggest edits or update the list, you are most welcome.

If you looked at the schools represented in each newly hired class of entry-level analysts across the major Wall Street firms, you’d find they numbered in the hundreds. The Ivy League itself comprises just eight universities, so clearly there are a lot of people getting jobs on Wall Street that didn’t attend an Ivy.The above said, among some of the most elite and sought-after positions, the intake is at least a little narrower. But it goes far beyond the Ivy League. Among the non-Ivy League universities that tend to be most strongly represented in these top-flight programs, private institutions include:StanfordMITDukeNYUChicagoNorthwesternNotre DameAnd on the public/state side:UC BerkeleyUniversity of Michigan (Ann Arbor)University of Texas - AustinUniversity of VirginiaUniversity of IllinoisUniversity of Indiana - BloomingtonUniversity of North Carolina - Chapel HillThis is by no means an exhaustive list, but probably covers ‘critical mass’ of the non-Ivy universities that tend to have the strongest track record of placements in top jobs with Wall Street firms.Edit:I should also mention that there are a number of liberal arts colleges that are held in very high regard on Wall Street, and have impressive alumni representation (much of it in influential and senior positions). These schools include:WilliamsMiddleburyAmherstWellesleySwarthmoreHaverfordBentleyBowdoinNot all of these schools are necessarily visited consistently by top Wall Street firms, but resumes from their students will nonetheless receive strong consideration from Wall Street recruiters and managers alike.

Yes.I have followed my alma mater for the many years since I was graduated … and commissioned as an officer in the United States Navy. My experience has been that when I say I am from the University of Virginia, educated people pause and then remark how much they respect my University.There are more fashionably “elite” schools in America, which have private funding and wonderful alumni PR. Virginia gets about 7% of its operating budget from the Commonwealth of Virginia. The rest is from private sources and from sources related to research and scholarship. So, in essence Virginia is a “private” public institution. That it was founded by Thomas Jefferson provides a great deal of pride … and as the years have gone by serious reflection on the stark truth that he was a man of real flaws amid his remarkable genius.Virginia is not and never was a finishing school for southern boys. It is populated with students from all across America and from many foreign nations. In my day New Yorkers were a significant part of the mix. But, the social mix was then and continues to be one of the strengths of the institution. Bright students emerge from all sorts of backgrounds and they understand that Virginia is their launch pad to a successful and productive life.