NYU Stern vs UChicago for IB
Hi all,
I am a high school senior who was admitted to both these schools (UChicago under early action and NYU ED1). Although ed1 is binding, I am able to renege on it since I applied to financial aid and they didn't give me any (I can pay, but this gives me a valid reason).
I know UChicago is a miles better university, but I was wondering how big the difference would actually be for recruiting if there is any? I don't love the UChicago environment meaning the 8hrs+ a day studying etc. Im confident I can handle it, but I don't love that. I would prefer to live in NYC for sure, the lack of campus doesn't really bother me. I also have a lot of friends at Stern doing well in the best clubs, so I should have some recruiting help from that.
I know Stern gets a lot of hate on this forum but a lot of people I've talked to about this consider it a great school. Overall, would it be a huge mistake to forgo uchicago?
u have to go to nyu, no? But UChicago easily
I am able to renege on it since I applied to financial aid and they didn't give me any (I can pay, but this gives me a valid reason).
Chicago is better but stern is close enough that you should just go to the school you’ll be happier at. It’s not like UChicago vs UC Davis or some bs. Either school will get you an interview and neither will take you farther at least at investment banks
You mean neither will take you farther than interview or neither will take you farther than the other?
Neither will take you further. Literally hundreds of kids go into banking from NYU ever year. No need to over think it
Buddy’s at Stern and just landed nice BB offer. Was on the phone with him for an hour yesterday and he was saying there is a huge support system once you get into one of the clubs (TFS, SOF, etc.). He emphasized how important it was to be in clubs to get interviews out of Stern so when you say you have friends in Stern clubs, make sure those aren’t just LinkedIn connections but real people who know you well enough to help get you into one of the better clubs at Stern bc you have very slim odds of even getting an interview in NY if you don’t get into a good Stern club. This is from what my friend at Stern had to say about recruiting.
Yeah this is what I've heard as well. But these are close friends like attended my prep school and still facetime them every month or so
Cool then you should be good for Stern. Just be ready to grind bro.
I would wait and see what schools you get into for RD lmao
Del
How were the recruiting prospects?
I think both are pretty close enough in terms of recruiting.. just depends on cost and your location preference. Stern's environment is going to be a lot of studying / prep as well, considering how competitive the clubs there are and you're gonna need to be in a club to maximize your recruiting chances
You again?
UChicago. I'd say for IB recruiting it should be similar, but if you're thinking about MF PE or HF down the line, UChicago is way better.
stern's buyside network is far superior to uchicago...
dk much abt uchicago but the culture at stern is pure shit. If you want to always be competing against people that live and breathe ib and internships, go to stern. Club culture is also suuuper important here, its terrible. not sure how it is in Uchi but if its any different Id go there. I picked stern and highk regret it
How much work would you say the average guy landing eb/top bb from stern is putting in a week outside of studying for classes? And also are clubs absolutely necessary for eb bb hf? And what are some acceptance rates for the top ones
10 hours freshman year id say, like 30h sophmore fall. Probably like 125 kids get an offer a year, 25 athletes 60 clubs, 20 nepos 20 grinders. the top clubs have like a 1% acceptance rate. 5-7 kids and like 500 apps. you wont get a hedge fund offer without being in qfs or iag (quant club and long only equity club)
Stern likely a better fit given you're outsourcing the question to a wall street forum for pre-professional recruiting
for NY IB doesn't make much of a difference, choose the one you like/enjoy
UChicago has almost 3x the placement rate of NYU.
Pretty sure he said he’s going to stern… the placement rate for stern vs UChi Econ is like 3x in favor of stern. Pointless comparing all of NYU as the rest of the school is like BC level
...how many people at uchicago do you think recruit for ib vs nyu stern. outside of the context of this forum this question is not a debate
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