<p>PE and VC firms hire very few undergrads and do not have a specific strategy targeting individual campuses, although Harvard, Stanford and Wharton seem to have the lion’s share, while several others (including Cornell and Dartmouth) are also very well represented. Whenever you can count the founder of a company such as Carlyle among your alums, you know you are going to have certain priviledges! </p>
<p>BB firms recruit very heavily at Dartmouth too. The difference between Cornell and Dartmouth is that Cornell has a specific program (AEM) that is going to attract many of the university’s IBanking types while Dartmouth does not. As such, IB recruitment at Dartmouth will not be as specific to any single major. </p>
<p>If I were to compare Cornell overall to Dartmouth in this regard (IBanking placement), I would give the edge to Dartmouth, but if I were to compare AEM to Dartmouth, I would say the two are roughly equal.</p>