<p>I was wondering, with nyu competing against columbia and cornell for internships...is this really a problem? Or do most stern students find internships fairly easily?</p>
<p>its not a problem</p>
<p>If you're good at any of those schools, you'll have no problem. If you're average, you'll be overshadowed by your own peers for the best jobs anyway.</p>
<p>I concur with what clone22 said. I know of someone who's merely in steinheardt who has been able to nail an analyst position at a major financial company. While he was an undergrad, he was able to find an internship at a hedgefund that paid really well. I think the point of my story is that as long as you work really hard at what you do, you'll get far, even if you don't come from an ivy.</p>
<p>ooo, there is this new $35 million plan to renovate the stern building, which will look very nice by 2009. its gonna be awesome.</p>
<p>where did you see that? i'm excited cause that means i'll be the among the first students to be able to use it.</p>
<p>the project will start some time in march/april and tba in 2009. the dean show us the blueprint slides. and the lobby of stern building will be much like that of the apple store, using lot more glass. and they will replace the concrete on the main plaza with opaque glass as well, so at night, the whole plaza will be lit up!!!</p>
<p>To answer the OP's question. Absolutely not. There are many bright students at many schools (Fordham, CUNY, SUNY, etc etc) and what school you go to is not as important as your ability and devotion to do your job and do it well.</p>
<p>i agree with Uri, i know a friend that graduated Fordham a couple of years back, and now he works at Goldman Sachs. You just need to love what you do.</p>
<p>Anyone has the ability to get internships if they are good enough. Most employers do not care what school you came from. The employers that ONLY specify Ivy-League students are not ideal. They are strict and expect a lot, and furthermore you do not usually get any better pay than others with less tougher employers. Big corporations do not really care either if you show yourself qualified.</p>