<p>That’s probably right re Dartmouth, I agree. The problem is that there are no generic cases. Columbia, Cornell, and Penn are stuffed with New Yorkers, so of course there’s going to be a well-functioning pipeline for jobs in New York (which may or may not be available to unconnected kids to different degrees). Brown is famously big on “celebrity” students. Some of the glamor may rub off on non-celebs, but how much? How many Brown kids aim at Wall St.? Some, certainly, but fewer than at some other schools.</p>
<p>Anyway, my point remains: It’s silly to talk about differences among these schools as if we actually know anything much. We know some big things, but not much more than that.</p>