Tier 1: HYPSM
Harvard, Wharton, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, MIT
Tier 2: Top Targets
Columbia - Top Ivy. Con - extreme competition due to being in NYC and recruiting vs hardos.
UChicago - T10 School. Con - grade deflation and a horrible school environment.
UPenn - Mid Ivy. Con - extreme competition with Wharton and Dual Degree Students
Duke - T10 School. Con - recruiting is very frat-heavy & non-div spots go to nepo hires.
Tier 3: High Targets
Cornell - Low Ivy. Con - extreme competition with a large student body.
Dartmouth - Low Ivy. Con - huge % of hires are nepo or connected.
Northwestern - T10 School. Con - poor network compared to peer schools.
Brown - Low Ivy. Con - poor network compared to peer schools.
Tier 4: Mid Targets
NYU Stern - Feeder Private. Con - most competition of any school on the list, no school spirit.
Georgetown - Feeder Private. Con - high competition and not enough prestige to compensate.
Michigan Ross - Best Public. Con - very competitive recruiting due to club culture.
Tier 5: Low Targets
Williams + Amherst - Top LACS. Con - vast majority of spots go to nepo or diversity.
Notre Dame - Decent Feeder Private. Con - very little prestige outside of Catholic circles.
UC Berkeley - Best West Coast Public. Con - sweaty school culture + large student body.
Tier 6: Semi Targets
UVA - Strong Public. Con - very connections driven and only the top kids recruit well.
WashU - Decent Private. Con - most non diverse just don't place well.
Emory - Decent Private. Con - most non diverse just don't place well
USC - Decent Private. Con - only really places on the west coast
UT - Strong Public. Con - lots of competition with most spots going to diversity
Tier 7: Low Semi Targets
Johns Hopkins - T10 School. Con - Virtually zero rep in finance.
Vanderbilt - T20 School. Con - Just doesn't place very well.
