ahhh youve watched the wolf of wall street havent you?
dont wanna burst your bubble but http://www.businessinsider.com.au/demise-of-the-stockbroker-2012-3
its more sales in the part of sales and trading now a days. Which is where you sell huge lump sums of stocks (millions of dollars...
In short, yes. If there are two graduates to choose from, one from UWS and one from USYD and they have the similar WAM and extra curriculars, the USYD student would most likely get chosen. Must be noted though, that it depends what one is trying to get into. Business it would matter, medicine...
did economics and it sucked ass. Wasted a whole year doing it, ended up transferring to accounting. way too theoretical and the further you delve into it the less applicable it is to real life. not to mention I'd rather know how to write a financial report than tell someone about how you think...
tell him to go to the southland ;) theres some informational videos on how to get you there on the net. the sub reddit sex is good for advice for you and him