Max Prestige W Aura Official 21st Century Everything Rankings

Careers:
S++: MMHF Spinout, UMM PE & Warburg Pincus, Born/Marry Rich, Pro Athlete excl. NFL, Insider Trading, OpenAI -> Meta Pro Athlete, F500 CEO
S+: Endowment Management, Distressed PE, Gardening Leave
S: Big 4 MMHF, Pro Poker Players, HR Investigator, Content Creators (IShowSpeed, Kai Cenat, Adin Ross), Rappers (Diddy, Kendrick, J Cole), QR
A+: Michelin-Star Chef, Martin Shkreli, Politician (Corrupt)
A: Rx Banking, QT, Paternity Leave, Rappers (Rest)
A-: Tiger-cubs + Pershing Square, M Klein & Co
B+: Mid-sized MMHF, Maternity Leave, CEO (Rest)
B: M&A Banking, Professor, Growth Equity
B-: Medicine (Derm, ENT, Plastics), Unemployment, Shoe Shiner, RoaringKitty, Pension Fund, Family Office
CTE Tier: Medicine (Rest), ex. NFL player, Politician (Rest)
D: VC-backed Founder, Corp Dev, Corp Finance, Corporate Anything, ECM/DCM
KYS Tier: MF PE excl. Warburg Pincus, Tech, Law, Accounting, Fixed Income, Sequoia & a16z, Disney Child Star, Content Creators (Rest), Consulting (Saudi McKinsey & BCG Israel), Recruiter
Seek God Tier: Pubfin, VC excl. Sequoia & a16z, Philospher, Rappers (Drake), Consulting (Rest) 
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Colleges:
S+++: Harvard/MIT/NYU/Georgetown/Wharton GPS
S++: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, Oxford, Cambridge, Tsinghua - Schwartzman Scholar
S+: Wharton, MIT, LSE, Columbia, Dartmouth (Nepo)
S: Duke (Greek life), UChicago, Cornell, Williams/Amherst (Athlete)
S-: Georgetown, Michigan Ross
A+: Notre Dame, Brown
A: Berkeley, UT, UVA, Northwestern
A-: UNC, Vanderbilt, UCLA, Baruch, WashU, CalTech
B+: CMU, UIUC, Caltech, SMU, NYU Stern
B: UNC, USC, UW, Vandy, Emory, IU Kelley
B-: Boston College, Penn St, Alabama
C: Emory, GTech, Rice, Northeastern, Texas A&M
Drop-out: JHU, UF, FSU, Fordham
KYS: WashU, Ohio St.
Seek God: UCSD, Rutgers, Purdue, UGA
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IB:
S++: PJT RSSG, M Klein & Co, Q, EVR RX, MOE LA, Leerink ER (Medical Doctor)
S+: GS FIG/TMT, MS M&A / MS M&T, MS Menlo, LAZ RX
S: CVP, EVR M&A, PWP HC/RX, MS (Rest), JPM HC/M&A, MOE, GS (Rest), PJT M&A
A+: HL RX, JPM (Rest), LAZ M&A, PWP (Rest), GUGG RX
A: DUC RX, GHL RX, LionTree, 
A-: GHL M&A, Gugg M&A, Barclays
B+: Ardea Partners, JEF, Baird IND (Woman), 
B: Rothschild, BofA, RJ Tech
B-: Citi, RJ Consumer (ex-Financo), 
C: Deutsche Bank
C-: WF, William Blair, Nomura, Mizuho 
D: Solomon Partners, Baird (Rest), RJ (Rest), Harris Williams, TD Cowen, Piper Sandler, OpCo, Macquarie, Financo, Santander, Grdon Dyal, Stifel
KYS: UBS (Rest), RBC, Big 4 CorpFin, Houston Banking, Non-M&A, BMO, Scotiabank, Lincoln International, HSBC, Leerink (Rest), Truist, SocGen
Seek God: Allen&Co, Tobin&Co, Natixis, Anything TAS, FT Partners, KeyBanc, BNP Parbias
GL Making it out alive: Cantor Fitzgerald, Baird IND (Man), UBS TMT

37 Comments
 

Missed high school tier list - L list. MOE RX & MOE HCS ~= MOE LA for exits and experience.

 

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Career Advancement Opportunities

August 2026 Investment Banking

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  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Morgan Stanley 08 97.8%
  • Goldman Sachs 02 97.3%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

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  • Moelis & Company No 99.5%
  • Evercore No 98.9%
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  • Banco Santander 02 97.8%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.3%

Professional Growth Opportunities

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  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.8%
  • JPMorgan No 97.3%

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  • Associates (50) $259
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (25) $178
  • Intern/Summer Associate (14) $159
  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
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