<p>jct30, what are you basing your information on? I’m from New York and worked an elite investment bank. During my interviews, everyone was familiar with Vanderbilt and many commented that it was a great school. Nearly every prestigious company comes to Vanderbilt now (Goldman Sachs has seminars in the Student Life Center, etc.) If you look at Dore2Dore.net, you will see lots of Vanderbilt alumni in New York City who work at Morgan Stanley, Lehman Brothers, Blackstone, McKinsey, etc.</p>
<p>Socially, Vanderbilt blows UPenn out of the water. Not to mention that Penn is in a crime infested area.</p>