<p>during college app time i was convinced to apply ED the NYU undergrad and i didn't apply anywhere else because I was accepted...i based my opinions of Stern off of what I have heard from a friend/dean and also the fact that they were rate #2 by the US/World Report in Finance....recently I have been looking online and found that they, by some, have been considered less than target for BB IB...so basically I was wondering if with my stats, I should have applied to Wharton, since it is amazing for BB IB, and if you think I would have been accepted (i realize that it is very difficult and hard to predict)...be as truthful as possible b/c i think that i would really regret it if I now realize that I could have had the chance of being accepted at Wharton but instead as NYU. Also, what do Wharton future IBs think of NYU Stern, and are there many in analyst intern classes (or groups or w/e they are called)?</p>
<p>102.3 gpa
700crit reading 730 writing 740 math
770 sat2 on bio m and math 2
my extra cirrics and awards are the best part with various state wide science comp wins, math awards, started my own (not very successful) tutoring company, great volunteering, etc</p>
<p>What does this matter? You got into Stern, you have to go, go there, and never look back. From my experience dealing with Stern people, they all really enjoy their experience and although some wish they'd gone to Wharton, most are very pleased with NYU.</p>
<p>Off-topic, but I don't see why anyone's interested in IB anymore... Wharton's definitely better for IB but I don't think IB is the place to be</p>
<p>Booms and busts are cyclical - things WILL get better - but the recent dramatic restructuring of IB has likely fundamentally changed things in that sector for a very long time. I doubt anyone knows all the long-term implications of that, but IB is almost certainly not going to be as lucrative as it was.</p>
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<li><p>No one can tell you what your chances would have been at Wharton based on information like this. It's ultra-competitive. You have a lot to offer, but then so do most of the people who apply. </p></li>
<li><p>I hate to say this, but you made a "gaming" decision, and you have to live by it. With your stats, you were basically a lock for Stern ED. You wouldn't have been a lock for Wharton, far from it; you might or might not have gotten in with great essays and recommendations. You took the sure thing, nothing wrong with that. </p></li>
<li><p>Stern is a great business program, and NYU is one of the coolest places on Earth. You can only make yourself miserable by second-guessing your decision. Start focusing on how great it's going to be at NYU, not whether you should have rolled the dice elsewhere.</p></li>
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<p>robert frost once said three wise words about life: "it goes on"
live in the present and future and quit thinking about "what if i went to wharton?" i was accepted to my ED school and will never think "oh maybe i should've applied to harvard/went to harvard so that i can get better jobs." truth is, it doesn't matter where you go, especially since stern and wharton are both top schools in business. it matters what you do in college, so as long as you do well, you'll get that job you want, regardless of whether you went to stern or wharton.
you made a decision already. live with it and be happy.
congrats on your NYU acceptance!!</p>
<p>yeah i guess you guys are right....i started reading some stuff on the ib board and got myself nervous...lifted, and now feel better</p>
<p>at least the year-round internships are good right</p>
<p>and about ib, if it doesn't recover in 4 years, then i figure i could always go to grad school and in 8 yrs time it should be alright......but look at the current situation, everyone is hearing bad things about ib, thus people are likley to turn away from it as a profession, and although there is decreased demand now, by the time they recover the supply will be less, demand will rise....less competition, no? anyway, thats how i justify it to myself....have to love supply and demand lol</p>
<p>dude, IB as it was is gone forever. That doesn't mean that Stern and Wharton don't have lots of other opportunities available, but I wouldn't hold any breath for banking</p>
<p>the first law of ED is that you only apply to a school ED if it's your first choice, so that you have no regrets later on. sounds like Stern wasn't your first choice.</p>