BarCap vs. Citi vs. CS vs. LAZ

You have all these offers, yet posted the 1,000th Lazard placement thread?

I should add congrats though. Did you summer at any of these?

Seamless, did a quick search for you because, yes, I'm that nice...this discussion seemed relevant:

http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/elite-boutique-exit-opps

good luck with your decision and congrats on the offers.

Thanks guys. I summered in S&T at one of these my sophomore year, and IB at another this past summer. Still in the process for MS, which would probably be my first choice.

Patrick, thank you. I've checked out most of those threads but the placement info isn't really substantial. I was hoping more for some current / summer analysts from Lazard to chime in and talk about placement.

Lazard is probably the winner of those. Citi M&A and industrials are both really strong, I'd personally take those over CS except for CS sponsors.

LAZ by a mile w/ Citi M&A / Barcap NatRes a close second. Unless you can get into M&A or Sponsors at CS, you should really look at your other options.

Lazard seems like the best option out of all of those. And like ^^^ said, CS Industrials isn't the top group at the bank. BarCap NatRes got a lot of good bankers from Lehman, but still...LAZARD? In front by a mile.

Also, the search function is not hard to use.