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I think it’s more perception than reality, quite frankly (and especially based on many posters here on CC). As you point out, the placement statistics reveal greater diversity of career paths and, as I discussed above, Wharton’s current and historic academic strengths are much broader and deeper than just Finance and IB. But Wharton’s success in IB placement is really unsurpassed, and perhaps only rivaled by that of Harvard, and I’m sure that contributes to the obsession with IB–and especially BB IB–that’s often on display here on CC.</p>