Wharton Undergrads at HFs

For those of you who work at fundamental shops, do you find that the analysts who went to Wharton as undergrads in general make better analysts given their in-depth coursework in finance and accounting? I assume what you learn at Wharton at the end of the day is still far more thorough and in-depth than what you get at a typical banking analyst program...

 
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I assume what you learn at Wharton at the end of the day is still far more thorough and in-depth than what you get at a typical banking analyst program...

What's the basis of your assumption?

 

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