Is Cornell still a Target?

Looking at the recent posts on this forum, Cornell has been ranked below all Ivy’s, Georgetown, Emory, NorthWestern, Mich etc.

Where does Cornell rank now? Probably as a semi target?

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Talking about finance in general though, not US news. People seem to rank Cornell very low on this site, which is why I asked.

Seems like most people agree though it’s semi target / non target, very few BB placements

 
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The point is to get the best IB job possible, so why would I go to Cornell if it's a semi target at best? That's my point and why I am asking - trying to figure out why Cornell isn't getting good offers anymore

 
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we pretty consistently send kids to every BB and EBs. when i was at cornell we'd send 5+ kids a year to Evercore, 5-6 to GS, 4-5 to JPM, 7-8 to Barclays just off the top of my head. 

When I was recruiting we didn't have much of presence (but still had some) at MS, CVP, PWP or PJT but I know that's changed for MS, CVP and PJT so we've actually become a school that consistently sends to those 3 banks (unsure about PWP).

When I was there, other than CS and MS we had a large recruiting presence at every BB. A few years later we've also become more of a target for MS (Cornell had more than 10 interns in IBD last summer)

The numbers themselves are very much target numbers and I think people actually underestimate the per capita basis placement. People on this forum always look at the total amount of students but when I was on campus I knew so few kids trying to do IBD that the per capita placement IMO is much better than that of the regular targets you'd see people reference. I.e. Penn has a smaller population yet there's probably 2-3 times more kids there looking to do IBD than compared to Cornell.

Again, you shouldn't pick schools as to what will get you the best IB job possible, I assure you that school doesn't make as much of an impact as you think

 

Cornell is absolutely still a target. I don't see people recommending any of the non-Ivies over Cornell unless it was like hotel school or they got good aid from those other schools. 

   
 

Assuming this is a troll post because Cornell has been one of the biggest feeder schools to IB and the buyside since the beginning of the industry. It’s one of the most represented schools out there, especially for NYC.

Hate how people hate on Cornell because they’re jealous of the school being an Ivy while their school isn’t. People truly believe that if they bash Cornell enough, they can get away with calling their school Ivy League level because their school is “better” than Cornell. It’s a great school that online trolls and USNews have really insisted on bringing down and I’m sure the school has lost out on some really good talent because of it.

 

Northwestern lowkey kinda sucks. I have seen more people from UMich, Georgetown, Cornell, Emory, Vanderbilt than I have Northwestern

 

Yeah along with this, Cornell has much less people than places like Ross and Gtown going for IBD. Also its business school is top tier imo just the amount of opportunities they have is crazy.

 

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