<p>I do attend Columbia. I’m talking about per year statistics. It’s great that you know 5-6 people who graduated in the past and work at McKinsey but we’re discussing how many people work there in the summer per year.</p>
<p>In the end, it doesn’t matter how many people the firms interview. They’ll always try to cast the greatest net, especially in the interview phase. It’s about how many students they accept into their summer analyst program, which isn’t many compared to other schools. Then again, consulting is much more rarefied field, but that doesn’t detract from the fact that Columbia does not have a large presence in that area.</p>
<p>This discussion is about Columbia vs. Wharton and I’m trying to make the point that Wharton is the top choice if you want to work in the financial services. Columbia does have good recruiting and it’s a step down from Wharton and Harvard, but that step is large. The top firms’ summer analyst classes are filled with Wharton and Harvard students. For example, in the class of 2010, there was only one summer analyst at Goldman Sachs IBD from Columbia.</p>
<p>It’s great that you guys can pull anecdotal evidence about how it’s “possible” to get this and that at XYZ firm. There is however, a difference between what is possible and what is probable. It is improbable that you will work for KKR, Blackstone, GS, MS, etc. during the school year, especially if you guys use anecdotal evidence of 1/1600 or 15/1600, still less than 1%.</p>