AG vs NERA vs Brattle vs Cornerstone

Hey folks. I have offers at all four of the "top" econ consulting shops. Are there any differences in terms of exit opps (b-school in particular), prestige, otherwise that should help inform my decision? All west coast offices

Cornerstone I like cornerstone because the comp is highest and the office I interviewed at seemed pretty chill.

Brattle Smallest of the bunch, nothing particularly stood out to me when visiting the office. I think that brattle probably offers the second worst exit opps

NERA Would be placed into a specific practice area. For that reason alone I'm iffy.

AG best culture out of the four, but I'm not sure that the difference was enough for that to be the sole deciding factor

Thoughts?

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