OFFICIAL prestige-caller 2018 prestige rankings
Most Prestigious Cities:
Gods of Prestige: New York, Hong Kong, London Very Prestigious: Chicago, San Francisco, Singapore, Zurich, Frankfurt Prestigious: Charlotte, Houston, Atlanta, Washington D.C., Boston Meh: Los Angeles, Dallas, Miami, Minneapolis, Philadelphia Fck Your Life: Baltimore, New Jersey (The whole fckin' state), Seattle, Kansas City, etc.
Most Prestigious Jobs:
Automatic HandJob: Hedge Fund Manager, Corp PE MegaFund Associate, Venture Capital Investor Impress Your Girlfriend's Father: REPE Associate, Bulge Bracket Investment Banker, MBB Consultant, Quantitative Analyst, Bulge Bracket Sales & Trading Worth a Hand-Job: REIT Associate, Wealth Manager, Boutique Investment Banker, Big 4 Consultant, F500 Corporate Finance, Investment Sales, Proprietary Trading Even Your Own Mother's Not Impressed: Accountant, Operations, Back Office Tech Guy, Risk Staff, Brokerage
Most Prestigious Vacation Home Locations:
Primary WASP Market: Nantucket, Bridgehampton, Aspen, Maui Limited Upper-Middle Class Riff-Raff: Martha's Vineyard, Easthampton, Palm Beach, Orange County, South Beach, Yosemite Satisfactorily Gentrified: Vail/Keystone/Breckenridge, Charleston SC, Salt Lake City/Park City What Are You, 16?: All MD/DE Beaches, Outer Banks, Smokey Mountains Cabins, Disney World,
Most Prestigious Universities
Divine Prestige: UVA Peak Mortal Achievement: Ivy Leagues, MIT, Chicago, Williams Commendable Prestige: Duke, UNC, Notre Dame, USC, Berkeley, Georgetown, Carnegie Mellon Kinda Neat: Wake Forest, Vanderbilt, NYU, Michigan Hope You Enjoyed High School, Failure: Georgia Tech, SEC Schools (Minus Vandy), Indiana, Wisconsin, Pretty Much All Public Schools Outside of the Top 10
Most Prestigious Methods of Transportation
Tired of Winning: Helicopter, Private Jet, Tesla Incredibly Affluent: Sailboat, Yacht, Inter-Dimensional Time Travel (Best kept secret of the super-rich) Prestigious Enough: European Sports Car, Motorboat, Doorless Antique Jeep, 1970s Muscle Car Where Do You Work Again?: Mustang/Charger/Corvette, Pick-Up Truck, Hondas,
Most Prestigious Breakfasts
Diet of a King: Eggs Benedict With Caviar/Lox, Cup of Espresso and Cream, Fresh-Fruit Crepes With Gourmet Icing on Top Breakfast of a Champ: Two Cups of Black Coffee On An Empty Stomach, Over-Easy Eggs with Fresh Sausage, French Sounding Pastries Mildly Prestigious Way To Start The Day: Mimosas, Everything Bagel and Lox, Catered Breakfast at the Office, Leftovers From Last Nights Expensive Restaurant Dinner Grow The F*ck Up Kid: Adderall (srsly, grow up), 5-Hour Energy, Red Bull, Anything Microwaved
2018 Fiscal Year Prestige Brackets By First Year Salary
Elite: $200,000+ BSD In Training: $150,000 - $199,999 Still Prestigious To the Common Man: $90,000 - $150,000 Child's Play: $65,000 - $90,000 Destined For Mediocrity (No One Will Ever Love You): $65,000
And that's it folks, thanks for joining us for another annual WSO Prestige Rankings. Do you feel slighted? Degraded? Undervalued? Good, you should. That's it for tonight's presentation- and remember kids - no matter how prestigious you are, there is ALWAYS someone out there with more than you, and it is healthy to internalize the learned inferiority you feel from this.
Let me guess, you're a UVA grad working in Real Estate in Charlotte making roughly $90k and you're excited about driving your new basic package model 3 to your next vacation in Charleston.
Do you take me as someone who is merely partially prestigious? Only semi-elite?? Just on the cusp of high society??????
Nailed it.
+SB
I created a mosaic theory with the same result, except my findings depicted him in a white convertible BMW 1 Series, wind in his hair riding down I-26 South (to Charleston).
UVA sticker on the bumper, no doubt. 80% chance boat shoes or pastel colors are involved.
Most Prestigious Haircuts
Vintage Finance Hair: American Psycho/Gordon Gekko Slick Back New Era Prestige: Combover (See Jared Kushner) Associate Cut: The Jew-Fro, Medium-Length Hair Pushed To The Side, Razor Thin Buzz Cut (See Jason Chathom) Back-Office Look: Receding Hairline Without A Buzzcut (Paired With A Brown Suit), Hair Long Enough To Hang, Completely Bald, The Man Bun
Roasted. +SB
Absolutely bodied on his own post. Straight up ratio'd like you see on Twitter.
You have my vote for MOTY already.
I laughed, "automatic blowjob" and "tired of winning" were especially humorous. +1
I didn't have to read past the first paragraph to know you went to UVA
wa-hoo-wa, douchebag
+1, 10/10 would def read again
the lil son of a bitch probably isn't even in McIntire. His admission to UVA could be impressive had he been out of state, but he's probably just an upper middle class kid from souther VA. Even North Virginia high schooler admissions to UVA is a bit impressive, most likely from the south.
Oh yeah, kid also definitely didn't live on "The Lawn" as a senior.
Yea I know a thing or two about UVA. I got in, but fuck that place, because I went somewhere else, somewhere... PRESTIGIOUS!
I am asserting a prestige category above yours'.
Prestigious vehicles: Rusty Honda Hang Glider
Prestigious cities: Chicago Milwaukee Holland, MI***
Prestigious vacation destinations: Anywhere on Lake Michigan, especially the Sleeping Bear Dunes or Washington Island (Midwestern rednecks' Nantucket)
Prestigious schools: UIUC (duh) > Big Ten >>> UVA
Back to my hang glider and rusty honda. Enjoy your M-series and yacht.
You went to Princeton, the most preftigious school there is imo (no MBA program adds more preftige). Don't act coy about your preftige credentials.
Princeton, the best engineering school in the Ivy League (which is not necessarily saying a great deal), changed its typset to use S in 1793. When are the rest of the liberal arts schools going to catch up?
Also, 2/3 of the grad students at Princeton did their undergrads at state schools. We'll let the undergrads keep the prestige, but state schoolers do much of the actual research behind that prestige. :-)
Seriously, I'm proud of my MFE, but I'm more proud of my UIUC Comp. Sci. undergrad-- the same way I think most grad students feel about their undergrads.
I am calling the Secret Prestige Police now, you will shortly be disposed of and sent to Camp-Prestige for ten years of hard labor.
3/10
Nice
IlliniProgrammer what is it with you and a Rusty Honda?
If you have to ask, you'll never understand...
My dude where do you usually glide? I'm about to start taking some lessons and start gliding in NorCal
Pretty fun read. The UVA trolling is hilarious. With cities, Charlotte, Houston, and Atlanta are way too high; they are shitholes. Also, LA is too low. And Chicago is above SF.
Chill, don't mess with Texas bro. Where would you rank Seattle?
Texas has no state or city tax, which is great. And good Mexican food. But for singles who are not from the state originally, the social and cultural scene isn't that great. I'm not saying it's bad, but it's all relative. Dallas/Houston/Austin are better than a lot of U.S. cities but far below NYC, Chicago, and LA.
LA is too suburban and suburbs, while safe and convenient, are simply not that prestigious. Because of LA's suburban sprawl, it generally requires one of the less prestigious methods of transportation to travel, as driving oneself is far less prestigious than paying a driver to take you a few blocks.
For these reasons and others, LA is ultimately a more prestigious place to vacation and/or raise a family than it is to work in.
LA is just a different kind of work, it's not for the socially inept quants who need money or jobs to talk to bitches. LA's currency is social prestige, who you know and what favors you can get make actual dollars a thing of the past.
Lol at Chicago above SF
San. Francisco can’t recruit chicks. Chicks are usually the best judge of prestige.
Based on that method I come up nyc, la, Miami’s as the most prestigious.
Chicago is undoubtedly above SF, unless you're a SJW or just slow
AMEN.
Lol
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LA is too suburban and suburbs, while safe and convenient, are simply not that prestigious. Because of LA's suburban sprawl, it generally requires one of the less prestigious methods of transportation to travel, as driving oneself is far less prestigious than paying a driver to take you a few blocks.
For these reasons and others, LA is ultimately a more prestigious place to vacation and/or raise a family then it is to work in. Because of your concerns we have decided to add another bracket to the list:
Most Prestigious Places to Raise a Family Royalty: Charlottesville, Virginia Upper 1%: Orange County, Upper-West Side, Greenwich, New Canaan, Buckhead American Dream: Buckhead, Northern Virginia, Chicago-Suburbs, DFW-Suburbs Slightly Increased Possibility of Raising at Least One Failure: Anywhere in Maryland, The Entire Midwest Excluding Greater Chicago Suburbs, The Southeast Excluding Virginia
"Slightly Increased Possibility of Raising at Least One Failure"
LMAO!
Orange County is massive, so you need to break it down more. Newport Beach, for instance, is not even in the same universe as Anaheim.
Buckhead? LOL. It's "upscale" by the standards of the Deep South, but it's not prestigious by any stretch of the imagination.
Chicago's north shore suburbs are super elite and highly underrated. Lake Forest, Kenilworth, Winnetka, Glencoe, are amongst the best suburbs in the country.
Which one of the north shore suburbs are you from? It is clear from your post you reside or grew up in one of those
>Buckhead not prestigious
Ignorant yankee spotted
From the North Shore. Can confirm.
Buckhead Atlanta?
Ikr LOL i live there and im not that prestigious
NW D.C. / Chevy Chase?
Buckhead ATL is still a shithole
Can't be true. I was raised just off Rugby Road and I didn't feel the royalty prestige...well...except compared to down state VA. NJ, and MD. Now I did escape the UVA trap, so maybe I am enlightened compared to some wahoo/c'ville fanboy.
San Francisco is not prestigious at all. Tech engineers are bottom feeders.
SF is below Chicago, for sure.
Haha someone’s got a bit of chip on their shoulder :)
LOL @ Beverly Hills below Charlotte. Keep hating, NorCal.
PrestigeCaller I just noticed your Astros world series picture, beautiful. Very prestigious.
Naturally, baseball is the most prestigious sport to hold season tickets for. Football is too redneck, Hockey too obscure and Basketball too....errr...."urban"
MLB playoffs are prestigious, but regular season sucks. Hockey is the most enjoyable major sport to watch in person.
OP should do a similar prestige ranking for specific finance jobs/companies to work for.
Master of the Universe: Amazon - Corporate Finance
https://www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/prestigious-pete
The schools are so wrong, but maybe that's intentional
Tesla over S600 Maybach/Rolls Royce means OP failed immediately.
OP also has his Algos rigged so everytime someone mentions "Tesla" we buy another share and manipulate the price higher.
PrestigeCaller would you mind ranking MBA programs as well? I'll need a definitive list in the next couple of years.
Asking for a friend.
Most Prestigious Graduate Degrees
God Tier: Any UVA DegreePrestigious Enough To Make Asian Parents Proud: Med School, Tier 1 Law School, Harvard/Upenn/MIT Business School
Upper Bounds of Human Achievement: Chicago/Northwestern/Stanford/Berkely/Dartmouth/Columbia/Yale
Worth Taking Out The Loans For: Michigan/Duke/NYU/UCLA/Cornell/UT-Austin/UNC/Carnegie Melon/Emory/Georgetown/Indiania/Washington University/USC/Vanderbilt/Rice/Notre Dame
God Forbid You Have Asian Parents, You Will Be Forced To Commit Seppuku: Ohio State/University of Washington/Penn State/Wisconsin/Texas A&M/BYU/Boston College/Arizona State/U of Arizona
Hot Garbage UIUC, Whatever School IlliniProgrammer Whore Mother Went To
4/10
UPenn over Stanford?
Is joke, no?
MIT for a grad you basically failed the hacker test...
Most Prestigious Parking Spaces
Executive Suite: Reserved Space With Your Own Sign Outside The Office Master of Capitalism: Reverse Parking Your BMW In The Handicap Zone Bourgeois: Unassigned Garage Spot Proletariat: Street
can you rank dinners for us? thanks
Most Prestigious Dinners:
God Tier: UVA Dining Hall Feast of a King: Kobe Beef, Wagyu, Bluefin Tuna, Octopus (Tentacle), Oysters, Fugu (Pufferfish), Pasta With Squid Ink, Swallows Nest Soup (Must Try) Diesel Fuel: Lamb, Filet Mignon, Pasta With Mussels, Garlic & White Wine Sauce, Lobster, Escargot, Cioppino, Raw Tuna (When Wrapped In Seaweed - As With Sushi - Becomes One Tier Less Prestigious) Ole Stand-Bys: Prime Rib, T-Bone, Pasta Pesto, Gnocci With Cream/Mushroom Sauce, Roast Chicken, Sicilian Pizza, Chipoltle Burrito, Authentic Ramen From Chinatown, Seared Salmon/Halibut "Up-And-Coming": Gourmet Mac n Cheese, Gourmet Grilled Cheese, Eggs Benedict
Trash: Frozen Anything, Store-Bought Pasta Sauce, Breaded/Fried Chicken, Meat Loaf, Lasagna, Dominoes/Papa Johns/Pizza Hut, Q'Doba
PrestigeCaller how about credit cards
PrestigeCaller In honor of Trump's shithole comment, how about countries?
*From "Shithole Scandal" Thread
Oh man, this thread has me dying.
How about for High Schools - both to attend and to send your kids?
high schools bro..? really? Is this only an east coast thing where people care about this shit.. or what? My HS was avg af but ik ppl at HBS/ Wharton from my graduating class, residencies at duke department of medicine... etc
Yea Bob, I know you're not Mayflower Material, you don't have to keep telling everyone.
I just want to hear more about UVA Prep, or if waitlisted, maybe Exeter.
It's "East Hampton" (not "Easthampton") you fucking prole.
2018 Prestige Rankings: Religion
Predestined: Presbyterianism, Dutch Reformed, Unitarianism
The Old Row: Episcopalianism/Anglicanism, Lutheranism, Methodism
Good for Networking: Judaism, Mormonism, Scientology, various rich people cults and secret societies
Just because your dad owns a store doesn't mean you're well-bred: Catholicism, Baptists, Hinduism
Creepy/Psychotic/Violent: Pentecostalism, Evangelicalism, Islam
What about Mormons?
Edited into "Good for Networking".
double post
I know the Episcopal Church has been wrecked by an SJW dominated clergy, but inbelieve more US presidents have been Episcopalian than any other denomination. Surely it deserves a place in the predestined tier.
At the very least separate from the Methodist Church. That’s like the club Corp of churches.
Even though this is something that is very interesting and hilarious. I find it very inspirational, even though i am not working and currently looking out for work, i think this would be motivational anyone that is ambitious
Credit cards next.
Amex Centurion
Most prestigious divisions (Originally Posted: 09/08/2008)
How would you rate the different divisions/industries of consulting in terms of prestige?
Not gonna lie, I agree with this whole thing, exactly as pretentious as it is. These are my thoughts summed up exactly.
Even the UVA thing, I believe to be 100% accurate in a very unusual way. There's a string of LinkedIn hotties that all went to UVA, work in major IBs, and look like they got in through connections and a perfect set of legs.
Tesla is definitely the car that guys in sweaters with a blazer on top drive because, who gives a fuck about needing to get around? Needing to get around is for the working class. Those guys just drive because it's 'interesting'.
DC and Boston are like adults drinking old fashions or tom Collins from all their privileged loads of cash, while NYC, London, and HK are instant, and constant pussy, because you're young and attractive.
I’m pretty sure the UVA thing is troll but ok
Nice car :)
Prestige Ranking (Originally Posted: 02/16/2013)
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Same reason you can call your school Top 5 even though some random publication may rank it as #12 or #2 on any given year. But basically the tiers are pretty clear.
PwC is large.. we do a lot of things.. from high level strategy consulting all the way down to multi-year implementations. If you end up working with mostly Diamond people you will have very similar experience as @ MBB... a little less $.
Similar experience, less money, lower quality exit opps, less prestige on the resume.
But, it's still a solid offer and a good firm.
Consulting is all about MBB, that's why. There's more difference between MBB and PWC than between GS and Citi.
to OP, i am on the west coast PwC post-MBA.. if you have any questions feel free to PM me..
PRESTIGE RANKING VERY INPORTANT (Originally Posted: 05/24/2015)
Hey everybody, Just a quick question here regarding prestige. Could you please rank the prestige levels of the following haircuts:
Just wondering because I have an upcoming interview at KKR and want to leave a good impression.
Ps I am a prospective wharton UG
Thanx
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