Informative IB Rankings for Recruiting

With recruiting szn around the corner, here is a pretty standard list of "tiers" so you are informed and can make a good decision about where to spend time recruiting. Again, not a dick measuring contest, just some purely informative insight. Pls don't throw monkey shit if I offended you, this is just my opinion of course. PLEASE take this with a grain of salt, but from my understanding these are pretty close and agreed upon, besides maybe the MM.

Bulge Brackets: Tier 1: GS, MS, JPM Tier 2: BAML, Barclays, Citi, CS Tier 3: UBS, DB

Elite Boutiques: Tier 1: EVR, CVP, PJT, (Q if tech) Tier 2: PWP, MOE, LAZ Tier 3: GUG, Roths, GHL, Allen Tier 4: LT

Middle Markets/"Other Category": Tier 1: HL, JEFF, RBC Tier 2: HW, RJ, Piper, PJ, BMO, Blair, Cowen, Macquarie

Feel free to share thoughts & opinions and good luck to all prospects recruiting.