Stern vs Cornell non-Dyson for MBB undergrad recruiting

Is it true that NYU Stern is really bad for MBB recruiting? Based on my research, I see that NYU only sends 4-5 students per year to MBB, meaning it's not even a target. However, I see that Cornell has 30+ MBB yearly, and your major does not really matter.

I got into both (Stern and Cornell Public Health) for transfer from McCombs. I thought Stern is a target but looks like only for finance, and Cornell seems to be a target for everything.

Do you know/ can you confirm how many non-Dyson students get into MBB consulting at Cornell vs at Stern for undergrad? 

What did these non business students have to get into consulting/ what qualifications do they look for if not business? Will my health major put me at a disadvantage vs being a business major at Stern?

Even if I'm not a business major, are my MBB chances still higher at Cornell public health? What about PM (product management) odds at Big Tech companies after graduation; would Stern not have an advantage here either over McCombs?

I still wanted to major in business and explore other roles within business outside just consulting/IB like entrepreneurship and PM. However, are my chances still higher from Conrell public health over Stern?

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Is there a reason why you want to move away from McCombs? I think they are a target for the TX offices for consulting, no? Cornell will send a good number of kids to MBB a year (don't think it's as high as 30 though, not close, unless you count both summer intern + FT) but it drops off very heavily after (e.g. T2 does not really do on-campus recruiting) and it's quite competitive to land MBB given the number of students recruiting

 

This is the third post you've made about this. Your neuroticism around recruiting over all tells me you'd probably fit in well at Stern. 
 

You seem to be dismissing IB as an option because you don't think you can learn technicals in time. Would say this is 100% not true if you start now. At the absolute MAX it takes a month.

 

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