H/S/W or Brown for IB?

I'm terms of those interested landing BB offers, does H/S/W win, or does Brown do better? Since Brown has a fraction of the number students actually interested in banking compared to H/S/W, do they actually have a higher rate of success?

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I can confirm, I got accepted into a state school and the community college near me had at least 50 people get into NY IB my freshman year. It’s ridiculous how much bankers love the stupid and poor story.

 

I do see some value in your question though. If you attend an incredibly prestigious school that is not a traditional finance feeder (maybe like an MIT) but has presence from many firms, there may be more opportunities in terms of getting into finance clubs on campus, getting value out of networking events, etc. At my school, there will be 50-70 kids that show up to a Bain Cap, KKR or GS/MS OCR event. At Penn, it'll be 700.

 
"Prospect in HF - Macro" I do see some value in your question though. If you attend an incredibly prestigious school that is not a traditional finance feeder (maybe like an MIT) but has presence from many firms, there may be more opportunities in terms of getting into finance clubs on campus, getting value out of networking events, etc. At my school, there will be 50-70 kids that show up to a Bain Cap, KKR or GS/MS OCR event. At Penn, it'll be 700.

Building on this, would you say you have a better chance of getting into the MS/GS from Wharton or a lower ivy?

 
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