Columbia SPS Visiting Student for IB recruiting exposure?

I'm from Europe and want to move to NYC to continue my finance career. Being a visiting student would give me a visa, the ability to do coffee chats in person, and a recognizable name on my resume. I have experience in private equity and MBB consulting, and I don't want to pursue another degree. Yet there is A LOT of hate toward Columbia SPS and claims that there is no IB recruiting. However I feel like without it, and without networking in NYC in person, I have no chance of even getting through the resume screen.

Should I invest in this one-semester program, or will it not give me the recruiting exposure and other benefits I'm looking for? The negative comments have honestly made me pretty nervous.

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