<p>So which is better? Yale and Harvard are more prestigious but recruiters, especially from NY banks, seem to love Duke. What is the situation at Yale re recruiting? Do you have to major in econ to get a job?</p>
<p>id say harvard, then yale then duke... u should also check out wharton at upenn though... the arguement has been made on other threads how wharton is equal to or better than harvard/yale at pre business.</p>
<p>I'd say Yale is the best bet. Harvard is also good, but has many more students going that direction, so is more competitive between students. As a result, students at Yale tend to be much happier.</p>
<p>for a more balanced response, you should ask this on the duke and harvard forums too.</p>
<p>Penn has had some image problems, it is usually being confused with state schools. There has been talk of switching to their unofficial name: "Ibank U".</p>
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<p>Well, I don't know about that. True, Harvard may have more students going in that direction, but it also has lots more recruiters coming in. Like it or not, HBS is a far more highly regarded business school than is the Yale SoM, and a lot of recruiters will not only come to recruit MBA's at HBS for associate positions, but also analysts from Harvard College. After all, they can kill 2 birds with 1 stone that way. If you're in town anyway for HBS, you might as well go across the river to recruit some undergrads. Heck, with MIT also being in town, especially the Sloan School, you can recruit a whole slew of candidates in just one shot. A lot of banks do exactly that.</p>
<p>Don't forget that Yale students are so close to NYC, especially via MetroNorth, that recruiting is heavy (and relatively easy) there as well.</p>
<p>Wharton School of Business at UPENN is definitely the best</p>
<p>Also take into account that tons of hedge funds are located in connecticut.</p>
<p>Harvard
Yale
Duke</p>
<p>"Like it or not, HBS is a far more highly regarded business school than is the Yale SoM,"</p>
<p>Actually, the Wall Street Journal's business school rankings have frequently placed Yale SOM above Harvard.</p>
<p>Yale
Harvard
Duke</p>
<p>Yes, virtually all of the major hedge funds are in Connecticut. It's sent property values spiraling out of control anywhere between Greenwich and Madison. There are million-dollar condos being built all over Stamford and New Haven.</p>
<p>Harvard has undoubtly one of the top, if not the no. 1 economics program in the world. As great as Yale is, for econ its nowhere near the level of Harvard. </p>
<p>I know posterx would post a ranking that shows Yale on top but honestly- who can really question Harvard's place at the top? </p>
<p>You should ask the same question in the business major sub-forum and the Harvard and Duke forums.</p>
<p>I'm sure most impartial people would agree your best bet would be Harvard, followed by Yale and Duke.</p>
<p>Econ and banking are two separate things KJoodles, I think you dubiously equate the two. You definitely do not have to major in econ to get a banking job. </p>
<p>If you want to go into banking in NYC, then go to Yale. The proximity is key as alot of recruiting will occur in the city and the campus. Its a real bonus being a 90 minute train ride away.</p>
<p>In this CC forum awash in information of dubious provenance, whom can you trust to tell you the truth ? - Follow the common wisdom, then the likelihood of failure will be diminished.</p>
<p>H > Y > D</p>
<p>I do know of two recent harvard graduates- one got a job @Goldman (a history major) and the other got a job @Mckinsy(?sp) (a physics major). Both are making eye-popping, mind boggling money for college graduates. But then again, the living cost in NYC is insanely high ;)</p>
<p>Neither Yale nor Harvard nor Duke offer a "banking" degree ... the closest would be business which isn't offered at Harvard or Yale so then the closest to that is Econ.... Makes sense?</p>
<p>Are you suggesting the OP take a degree in middle-eastern sign language? Of course you don't need a econ or business or any degree for that matter for banking but it never hurts to understand the basics of commerce right?</p>
<p>OP- have you read lairs poker? Just ask around the business sub-forum and take notice of where all the major i-banks, PE firms, bb's and all recruit from. Most would say that the best would be a business degree from Upenn Wharton or an econ from Harvard :)</p>
<p>EDIT: This yale inferiorority complex thing is amusing.</p>
<p>If anythings dubious its the wall street journal posterx refers to- I think there was thread on the business forum laughing at it. Anyone believe that the university of maryland? is better than MIT and that Ohio State uni and Brigham Young University are better than the premier recruiting grounds of NYU-Stern, Stanford and USC?</p>