Thoughts about Notre Dame?

Obligatory, I didn't go to Notre Dame. However, based on my limited (2.5) years of industry experience, I do think its underrated on this forum. I'm in NYC for reference. Two of my close coworkers went there so this is being based heavily on what they've told me:

 The thing that differentiates it in my mind from NYU/UMich/UVA is that those schools are large, have business schools filled with students who know they want to go into IB from day 1, and full of finance hardos so to speak. I know this sub is heavily saturated with students from NYU/top-publics so I will eat the monkey shit. This is more a criticism of NYU/top-publics rather than a defensive of ND, but I think it still holds true and I don't think its fair to compare this group of schools to top privates like ND, Brown, and Duke which are often overlooked. Just try to return some constructive criticism.

NYU/UMich, behind Wharton, send the most kids to BB's. However, I would not pick them over Harvard or Yale.  The student size does matter, and NYU/UMich/UVA are huge. Similarly, there is a big prestige aspect that matters. Look at top business school admissions. Schools with more "preftige" objectively do better in MBA admissions. As someone who's been east coast his entire life, Notre Dame has more prestige to me than NYU, UVA, or UMich. 

The second thing (I've heard) is that the student bodies are different. Here, I'm more condemning UMich/UVA/NYU rather than defending Notre Dame. I've heard the horror stories about how bad breaking into IB from these large publics or NYU is. So has anyone who's been on the job for a while. A ton of students have planned out the next ten years of their career and are gunning for every single opportunity. This leads to cutthroat behavior and a large proportion of students falling short of their goals. UMich makes you interview for a business club freshman winter and you're fucked for top-tier recruiting if the upperclassmen don't like you because the alumni connections only exist through your club? At an Ivy like the one I attended, or similar private school like UChicago, Duke, ND, your alums will vouch for you because you're an alum and weren't just in the same frat. or Similar stories at giant publics like UCLA, Berkeley, UVA, and UT Austin. 

Finally, the "finance hardo" thing is pretty similar to the argument I made above. At the Ivy I went to, kids landed BB internships junior year without any prior experience (and not much demonstrated interest). I have heard of the exact same thing happening at ND from my coworkers. Kids at these schools have the luxury of studying what they want and enjoying themselves and still landing a BB position. If they choose to be a hardo and prepare from freshman year, you've got a great shot at a top buyside role and such. At these schools, being a hardo is the norm and you don't get this luxury.