Cornell Engineering vs UPenn Engineering for Investment Banking

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Wharton Grad- Don't come to Penn/elite schools to go into finance and make money

See title: I say this as a graduating senior going into finance. Seriously, if you are just coming here to get an elite job and are mostly or entirely full pay just… don’t. Go to your state school, have your parents put that in an index fund, and either it’ll make their lives way easier or yours or both. They will say they are happy to pay, because they are proud of you. Don’t believe them. It is far more money than you think at 18, and you will find money matters far more than this prestige crap. The expected value of the (slightly) better finance or consulting job you will on average get is simply not worth the stress and the incredible amount of already-earned, already-taxed money you are going to spend for a school that so openly is just about making money, and isn’t even a good value proposition for that. This isn’t 1992 anymore. By far the most powerful industry employing people is tech. They care very little for this prestige nonsense- major in computer science at a good school…