Who is the “NYU” of Universities?

Hey Monkeys!

Current sophomore at NYU.

Some buddies and I were comparing banks and colleges earlier today at lunch. We decided Goldman is the Harvard of banks, and Stanford is the CVP of colleges.

All this got me thinking, who is the NYU of universities?

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BB as the ivy league. EB are some top LACs and non-Ivies (stanford, Qatalyst - MIT, EVR - Duke, Moelis - Chicago, PWP - Hopkins, PJT - Williams/Amherst)

Jefferies or RBC could be NYU. Other full-service banks with decent IB franchise (e.g. Wells) could be top state schools like Ross, UVA, UCLA

William Blair is like a Emory

 

To say I am disappointed in these responses so far would be an understatement. This post was supposed to be a lay-up for y’all. Re-read the title, morons. You were supposed to roast me for the typo.

“NYU is the NYU of universities, idiot… NYU has fallen off… Attention to detail matters in this industry… Go be a consultant, blah blah blah…”

 

Whichever school involves the most self-sucking.

"If you don't have any enemies in life you have never stood up for anything" - Winston Churchill | "It's a testament to the sheer belligerence of the profession that people would rather argue about the 'risk-adjusted returns' of using inferior tooth cleaning methods." - kellycriterion
 

yeah seriously, what's up with these kids that can't write

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