<p>“An alternative theory could be that the same student would have the same (or at least very similar) finance job opportunities coming out of either Columbia or NYU Stern”</p>
<p>This is completely and utterly false. What is the difference between an NYU student and a Columbia Student? The Columbia student got into NYU.</p>
<p>Columbia students are simply more qualified than NYU students - the school’s selectiveness and prestige are greater - just look at admission statistics - and being in the Ivy League helps.</p>
<p>CollegeCall is right. 10-20% of the students at Columbia are interested in Finance. Nearly EVERY student at Stern at NYU wants to do Finance - even if the two Universities were the same in prestige/recruitment - Columbia would have the better shot since less students apply.</p>
<p>And no we can’t be purely objective about anything. There is no set of statistics that quantifies “prestige” - and interview performance is subjective thus LISTS are subjective.</p>
<p>Of course OBJOBS you’ll ignore everything I say and post some Wikipedia link to a logical article to point out some fallacy in my argument without offering any of yours. This is not a negative burden of proof debate - you need to actually back up your own assertions or for that matter actually MAKE some assertions.</p>