<p>cellardweller, you’re completely missing the point. A student that has the aptitude to graduate is almost certainly going to graduate whether he/she goes to CC or a 4-year school. It’s not as if a top 10% student in HS is magically going to have a much greater chance to drop out because of going to CC. If you transplanted the Harvard 2016 class to a CC, I guarantee 16% would not drop out.</p>
<p>And trust me, $280k for a second year is very rare, even in finance. I know people at hedge funds, BBs, and boutiques, and I’ve never heard of a second year number that high. Also, keep in mind that if you aggregated the entire starting (IB) analyst pools at all the well-known boutiques, you’re still only looking at a few hundred jobs.</p>