Hi WSO, I would very much appreciate some advice, this community was very helpful throughout the admissions process. I was admitted to six programs and wanted your input on where to go. Admitted to: Columbia, Kellogg, Yale, NYU, Darden, and Fuqua Scholarships: Partial at Duke Career goals: Investment banking / PE Thanks in advance!

CBS for sure. More firms on campus + better networking opportunities. Don’t forget that your classmates will be a part of your future network, so going to a school where there are a lot of other students entering banking could help you down the road. Not to mention that CBS easily has the most alumni in banking among the schools you listed. I’ve also heard that while it is easy to get a job in banking from Kellogg, it is much easier to get a job in banking in NYC specifically at CBS. A lot of firms that recruit from Kellogg are for their Chicago offices.

Seems like a pretty clear win for Columbia if you want to do banking. Otherwise I would strongly consider Kellogg or maybe Yale. Overall I always advise going to the best school you get into (in the context of career goals, culture fit, and other important factors), but money should never cause you to drop tiers of schools--the impact to recruiting and long-term career trajectory is too great.

Thanks for the response kobalt. I'm with you on CBS given banking goals, I suppose I'm not sure how material the difference in recruiting between say CBS and Kellogg are for something standardized like banking. Clearly networking will be easier, and I'm thinking that simply put, more firms come to Columbia (may be wrong here).

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So if you take a look at the latest Kellogg employment report and class size, they sent ~6% of ~478 into banking. Or about 29 people. At CBS, they sent ~14% of 780 into IB, or 109. Fuqua historicaly has sent about 10% of the class into IB, just fyi.

There are a lot of different ways to read this and what we don't know is how many people TRIED and FAILED to get into IB from each school. Like maybe 200 people competed for those 109 slots at CBS. Or maybe Kellogg actually could have filled more IB roles. so my main suggestion for you is to contact the IB clubs at your top choice programs and talk to the club leaders about recruiting and the job market and what's going on.

And go to the Admit weekends at your top programs! Getting a job is one thing, but wanting to be in the environment and hang out with your fellow classmates is pretty important too! Krista

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