how bad is the Stern culture?

hello,

I'll be headed to undergrad this year at Stern and I wonder how the experience has been for some current students or recent (within the past 2 years) graduates.

From what I've seen on WSO, stern has a bad rap, with a hyper-competitive culture especially for clubs like finance society, but I'm looking for some newer perspectives on the matter.

for what its worth, I plan on going into VC.

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