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This is the biggest load of BS I’ve heard in my life. Only a select few Princetonians each year will get jobs at an elite Hedge Fund or a PE firm right out of undergrad if any at all. Blackstone and Silver Lake recruit almost exclusively at Harvard and Wharton at the Analyst level and not at Princeton. You will need sky high grades, connections, charisma, and a good deal of luck to land the type of job you describe as being an god-given right for the run-of-the-mill graduate from Old Nassau.</p>
<p>As for the sell-side, almost every US bulge bracket bank and multinational i-bank recruits at Duke as its considered a core target school. The same applies to Princeton I’m sure though I’m not as familiar with the school. Banks hire from like RIT and Baruch for their IT departments, not a top 10 school like Duke.</p>
<p>Check it out here and feel free to scroll through:
[Duke</a> Events Calendar](<a href=“Duke Event Calendar”>Duke Event Calendar) </p>
<p>You are sacrificing a bit by choosing Duke or Princeton over Wharton though in my opinion. However, someone with strong grades and interview skills can get an elite job from any of these places.</p>