Stanford vs MIT vs Angier B. Duke Scholarship at Duke

I will be a freshman at Duke this fall, where I am an Angier B. Duke scholar, which is one of Duke's merit scholarship programs comparable to the Robertson scholarship. I turned down MIT and Stanford to take the scholarship, for many reasons but one of them was the fact that I received no financial aid from the other two schools.

After college I'm looking at something in private equity/maybe quant stuff/maybe trading stuff/probably ibanking stuff but of course I can't be too sure. Was it a mistake to turn down Stanford and MIT which I understand have better recruiting especially in the math/CS heavy fields of finance for Duke?

I understand that I've already made my decision but knowing where I stand competition-wise would help me know what I'm getting into any if Duke is better for some things than others.

 
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Duke's a great school and given the scope of the scholarship, I wouldn't think twice about it. Yes, there may be some specific roles or specific firms where coming from Stanford or MIT is a larger advantage, but by and large, Duke will offer plenty of opportunities in the fields you mentioned. Just work hard and network (like you would anywhere else)

 

While I was attending BDD, I got the chance to talk to some finance-y frat bros--there's def a solid pipeline. You'll have plenty of opportunities @ Duke to get into all areas of finance. Sure MIT might recruit better for quant stuff (Jane St. I've heard is like 75% MIT) and Stanford will always do better for VC, but this year Duke seniors placed really well across the board. Heard a senior is going straight to Carlyle Group PE. Good stuff

Plus, AB Duke is worth like 300K lol.

My only other advice would be to try hard to get into a solid frat/SLG, finance recruiting kinda seems centered around that @ Duke.

 

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