<p>Go to WallStreetOasis.com.</p>
<p>Read anything you can find about the competitive differentiation between the top-10 undergrad business programs. Then read anything you can find on how abysmally small the chance of someone making it from a non-target school to a bulge bracket firm. It’s ridiculously cutthroat within the top-10. Imagine how much more challenging it is coming from a top-100 or non-ranked undergrad program.</p>
<p>Put it this way; I’m willing to take the full financial responsibility for a $250,000 undergrad education with only about 40-45% financial aid. Why? Well, a) I’m a risk-taker in general and willing to do it if it improves my chances, and b) it’s virtually impossible to break into the elite firms if you don’t give yourself that distinction.</p>
<p>If it’ll help you, read my thread here: <a href=“Current Stern Sophomore: Ask Me - New York University - College Confidential Forums”>Current Stern Sophomore: Ask Me - New York University - College Confidential Forums; , and feel free to ask anything else you’d like to know.</p>