<p>aangel42 – </p>
<p>Insofar as undergraduate education – both are excellent schools, though they do have a somewhat different educational philosophy, I believe.</p>
<p>Insofar as admission to B-School for an MBA, it probably doesn’t make much difference. </p>
<p>Insofar as getting into the corporate world – with some of the NY-centric investment banking firms ANY IVY (Plus Stanford, MIT or maybe Chicago) is viewed as better than any Non-Ivy. However this is changing. On the other hand, if you wanted anywhere but NYC, it probably doesn’t make much of a difference.</p>