uchicago vs. dartmouth vs. stern

My son is applying to colleges at the moment and he's currently interested between the University of Chicago, Dartmouth College, and NYU Stern. He wants to work in the NY/Boston area for IB/PE, but he is also open to working in Chicago, SF, or Houston as well. 

Would love some direction on which of these schools is the best for that, since a lot of the forums on WSO about this topic are >5 yrs ago. 

Thanks!

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in my opinion, uchicago has both the highest floor and ceiling. stern has the 2nd highest ceiling and lowest floor, while dartmouth has the lowest ceiling yet 2nd highest floor

 

NYU should be obvious no, good placement but not per capita based on number of people pursuing finance. I think Uchicago has a bit more academic prestige and smarter people than Dartmouth, but I don’t think one or the other will give a massive leg up recruiting. 

 

Stern kids are monsters technically but that's probably a byproduct of the environment they're in. I've never met students more prepped for interviews and driven to break in (even over wharton surprisingly) than when I've chatted kids from Stern. Take of that what you will. 

 

Dartmouth will be the easiest place to recruit from. Stern (and to a great degree UChicago) is super cutthroat about clubs… it’s a suffocating culture from the weekend you get to campus. Also both stern and uchi are less prestigious than Dartmouth even if they have more people in finance

 

Agree with everything except the last part. I would put Dartmouth and UChi equal in prestige and obviously both are way higher than NYU.

 

uchicago without a doubt. would be sell if not. stern is second closest but uchicago all the way. almost guaranteed a chair in banking unless you hard sell.

 

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