2019 ER firm Tiers

With the newest II rankings showing a really close ranking between almost five firms. I was wondering what tiers of firms were in regard to quality of department/exit ops/prestige/pay. 2018 II saw JP Morgan at 1, BAML at 2, and then MS, Barclays, Citi, Evercore all be within one or two II votes of each other. With other major shops like AB, UBS, and Jefferies following as well. I've heard the tiers as follows and wanted to hear some thoughts.

Tier 1: JPM, Evercore Tier 2: MS, BAML, Barclays Tier 3: Citi, UBS, AB

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