Tier 1a: Harvard, Princeton Tier 1b: MIT, Yale, Stanford, Wharton Tier 2a: Columbia, UPenn, Dartmouth Tier 2b: Cornell, Brown Tier 3a: ? opinions ? Tier 3b: ? opinions ?
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In my opinion:
Tier 1a: Harvard, Princeton
Tier 1b: MIT, Yale, Stanford, Wharton
Tier 2a: Columbia, UPenn, Dartmouth
Tier 2b: Cornell, Brown
personally would add chicago at 1b as well
Hedge funds care more about raw intelligence and passion than prestige. Hedge fund guys are scrappy, PE guys are preppy.
Oooo, Imma steal this line.
updated rankings lets help fill out tier 3 a and b. Changes to other tiers?
This post belongs in the IB forum
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