Hi guys! I still havent decided which one would the best suit for a STEM majored(mostly Statistics or FinancialEngineering) IB-placement. I was thinking about Columbia as it would be the closest to home but what are your thoughts on these Universities? If given a chance, how would you give your preferences for the following: Columbia, Yale, Cornell, Duke, NYU, GeorgiaTech.
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I hope those threads give you a bit more insight.
Yale > Columbia > Duke > Cornell > NYU (stern) > GTech would be my preference. Don't worry about this stuff until you actually get acceptances. Plus please don't accept a university solely on IB recruiting! If a "lesser" target fits your personality then take it over the marginally better university.
That would be my ranking as well. Again, also personal.
Id worry about this after you get accepted to these places
Hi, I'm a first year at a semi-target and was wondering how you would rank GS TMT, MS Menlo, and Evercore M&A? ThAnKs!
Once you get in, I'd rank: Columbia > Yale > Cornell > NYU - assuming you applied to Stern > Duke > GeorgiaTech
I am biased towards location hence Columbia, and prevelence hence Cornell. Duke is a fantastic school, but haven't seen a lot of students from Duke during recruiting in NY. NYU Stern also places well.
Best of luck.
edit: Thanks for the MS care to explain why I hurt your feelings?
I'm fairly sure Duke has great NYC placement.
I see, thanks for telling me. I personally have never met anyone from Duke, which is why I placed Duke lower. My experience doesn't dictate reality I hope OP realizes that
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