<p>"partially true, but if you take NYU Stern and throw it in the middle of kentucky, you would not see nearly as many stern students among wall street"</p>
<p>so if harvard was founded in 1920, it wouldn't be Harvard anymore. NYU has probably the best finance faculty in the world, and I've never ever heard of a finance faculty member from UVA, and I know UVA is a top school.</p>
<p>"i agree with jaw. nyc definately helps its rankings. and the fact that its still not #1 over wharton is suprising, since wharton is in philly, where they are not going to get the same type of in-school internships(not summer)."</p>
<p>Wharton will always be the ultimate bschool. And if UVAs culture and program was so amazing, then why hasn't it surpassed Wharton? Looks like you are searching for excuses here.
Note that I'm not claiming Stern>UVA, just that your arguments are fallacious.</p>