UChicago (Economics and Data Science) vs NYU Stern (Finance and Computing/Data Science)

Hi! I'm a high school senior trying to decide between the two programs above. I probably want to eventually end up in private equity or in a hedge fund. I presume that it will be extraordinarily difficult to break into PE/HF out of undergraduate, so I'm aiming to go into IB/MBB post-undergraduate. All of these factors considered, which of these do you think is the better option? I know Stern probably wins on sheer numbers, is it still better than UChicago?

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Both top tier schools with UChicago being slightly more prestigious. For IB, Stern is better. For MBB, UChicago has better placement. For buyside, they both send a few each year, with UChicago sending marginally more. I'd say that you should pick based on fit, as UChicago is much more academic and Stern very pre-professional

 

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