<p>For the following scenario consider the B-school in question as NYU stern</p>
<p>For a competitive career like Investment Banking (which I would assume a large portion of the 2000 member Stern undergrad class would be interested in obtaining), wouldn't the competition from within your own class kill you? With such a large number of qualified candidates who apply for the exact same job as you at the exact same firm, your chances of acquiring an I-banking position are bound to drop. Though one could argue that any applicant would have to be prepared to be compared to qualified applicants, consider this scenario...</p>
<p>If I am a stern grad and have say a 3.7 ( I am not aware of the exact difficulty that the curve adds on) and say I am in the 30% of my class due to the enormous number of bright students. Wouldn't I be less likely to be hired as they know there are others who are better than me from my own school?
Compare this to being from a semi reputable (but still well known) b- school with the same gpa but from a school that is less competitive placing you in the top 5-10% of your class. Wouldn't this make you much more attractive than coming from stern with a 3.7?</p>
<p>The reason I am asking this question is because I have a friend that has recieved a likley letter from UMich Ross, NYU Stern, an acceptance from USC Marshall as well as from UT's ( I believe the B-school's name is McCombs but I might be terribly wrong here) b- school.</p>
<p>Assuming he gets in everywhere and he wants to pursue an I-banking career, wouldn't it be better for him to go to a less competitive college and really excel in order to make him self look unique? Or do you think otherwise?
Let me know and thanks in advance.</p>
<p>I’m going to be a freshman next year so I don’t know much at all about job placement but I can tell you that those are all fantastic business schools. Your friend cannot go wrong with any of those institutions.</p>
<p>Always go to the better school. The cluster**** of better GPAs than yours is more than offset by superior recruiting. Even the mediocre Stern kid has far more shmoozing opportunities, and people always treat you better when they assume that you come from money. This includes your professors, who will give overall higher grades to students as a reward for their pedigree. The better school gives you a better GPA and better recruiting, and on-campus interviewers and job fair reps will treat you with more respect.</p>
<p>My friend is going to graduate from Stern this May. he has multiple offers from I-banking. he chose to go to a French bank. He did a lot summer interns, got to take full advantage of this.</p>
<p>The top kids at school like SUNY Binghamton/Stony Brook will be just as attractive to employers as kids from Stern and Ross. That said, there is an amazing number of intelligent kids at these schools, and it would be foolish to know for a fact that you will be at the top if you choose to go to one of them. Ergo, it’s a better decision to choose Stern or Ross than it is to choose something like a SUNY.</p>
<p>All of the schools mentioned are going to be pretty competitive and give you much higher than average chances at getting an Ibanking job. The thing about business programs that makes them so different from regular college choices is that the recruiting at top schools like the ones mentioned is so much better than at an average school. If your business program isn’t in the top however many schools, it may very well be impossible for you to get internships and interviews at certain companies.</p>
<p>NYU is right next to Wall Street, which is an advantage when it comes to recruiting. </p>
<p>All the schools are good, but if cost is not a concern, NYU would be the best choice. If cost is a concern, if your friend is instate at UT or UM, then those might be far better options.</p>
<p>NYU’s advantage is only its location. Nothing else. Even if you do have the money (which I do), it’s not worth it. Ross is the best pick. I have read the individual modules at these b-schools and Ross wins hands down. Also companies which recruit heavily at Ivies come to Ross. Sure NYU is an advantage, but think about all the other kids at NYU thinking of that. Realistically speaking, are you all going to get recruited?</p>
<p>*although in finance it supposedly has an edge, Umich is more all-rounded and ranked highly for management. Also if you’d like to end up in entertainment/film and the likes then that might be a factor in deciding for NYU</p>
<p>I saw the job placement page of Umich Ross and I do not think it is really that good. Although I never saw anything about NYU Stern.</p>
<p>I bet for I banks, they really prefer those Ivies and top prestigious schools like northwestern and Stanford and so on… these schools do not even have bschools but ibs just love them… see their campus recruitment events calendar and u ll know the truth… anyway i ll choose stern over others (say i have enough money) for the location</p>