Madison Dearborn thoughts?

I’m in IB and looking into shops. I want to do a generalist program, potentially go to bschool (still on the fence), and looking into NY and Chicago only. I noticed their placement for HBS/GSB is insanely high for their class size. What’s MDP’s reputation? Are they a good shop? How’s comp compared to NY? Are they sweaty? Etc.

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