<p>Having one (or a handful) of students picked up by GS (or any other BB) is not that remarkable when Wharton gets dozens recruited every year. The distinction between NU and some of the “upper-tier” Ivys is that some are heavily recruited (i.e., Wharton, Harvard, Columbia) while others aren’t. This doesn’t prevent someone from getting employed there (I have two friends from UCSD working at GS and Citigroup next year as Financial Analysts, but I’m sure no one would try to make the comparison between UCSD and Ivys for number of opportunities). There is no inherent ceiling imposed on any school,–especially one like NU–but some schools have a much much stronger hold in banking.</p>