<p>and one reason certain alumni networks built up why?..DUH location</p>
<p>Who the heck are you people recommending Columbia over Yale? As a career oriented Ivy League student, this is a no brainer. Go to Yale. Columbia is simply not on its level.</p>
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<p>ED Binding >>> Everything else</p>
<p>Transfer is a decision to be made much later – after he’s seen whether or not he likes Columbia.</p>
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THANK YOU!!!</p>
<p>Yeah if you’re at an ivy you’ll get good recruiting generally…I mean Brown gets heavily recruited from Goldman Sachs.</p>
<p>Both are so well recruited that it really does not matter. Many of the niche shops in NYC will tend to recruit at Columbia but as a whole both will put you in the exact same position (aka you will be able to get interviews from both). After you break that barrier it depends on the individual than the school itself.</p>
<p>And I find it funny people are bashing Columbia’s alumni network. You don’t bash the alumni network in NYC of a very prestigious NYC school. I would put their network in the financial sector on the same level as Yale. And no, I simply haven’t “heard” this…I actually know this.</p>
<p>In conclusion, both will give you the same advantage in scoring a position in banking. If you are fortunate enough to have to choose between these two schools, go based on fit.</p>
<p>I completely agree, mahras, I have no idea where they’re getting their knowledge from, but a brief click on past posts makes me wonder why they’re supposedly experts.</p>
<p>I’m obviously biased in favor of Columbia, but I think a compelling argument could be made either way. Even though I might argue for Columbia on fit grounds or lifestyle / cultural grounds, it is by no means a clear cut “DUH!” sort of decision. He’s not asking about Yale vs Southern Louisville Community College. Anyone who presumes to make a blanket declaration without presenting a carefully reasoned argument is obviously either ignorant on this matter or willfully stupid. (and before you yell at me for post #6, I was being silly).</p>
<p>mahras is exactly right: it should depend on fit. If you were interested in theater, or a career in government, I could see this being a clear win for Yale; similarly for Columbia if science or economics were your thing. but for IB, the biggest factor is who YOU are, not the school (once your foot is in the door, which both schools will do for you). So the question becomes, what school will best prepare you to be the best candidate for those jobs? At that point, it’s a question of fit - where will you thrive? What atmosphere appeals better to your sensibilities? What opportunities can you seize at each place that will give you better answers in an interview, and a more appealing, diverse resume? Those are questions you can only answer by visiting and doing a lot of “feeling it out”, ideally by staying over for a night or weekend.</p>
<p>“And no, I simply haven’t “heard” this…I actually know this.”</p>
<p>“I completely agree, mahras, I have no idea where they’re getting their knowledge from, but a brief click on past posts makes me wonder why they’re supposedly experts.”</p>
<p>If you are referring to my previous post, well, I heard it from a VP at Goldman. As to how you two “know this” or that. Well, I forgot to check your title. All in all, both are good schools. Funny, though, that the OP has only been accepted at Columbia…there are no guarantees re Yale–in which case this whole thread is futile.</p>
<p>No I wasn’t referring to your post. Your post didn’t really reveal anything profound (kind of obvious that the school’s alumni would recruit from their alma mater). </p>
<p>As for the relevance of OPs question: A great number of the topics in these business forums are absolutely irrelevant to the posters. Don’t see why we can’t have another one.</p>
<p>very true. yay to irrelevancy :)</p>
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In that case, as the great John Belushi once said,</p>
<p>“my advice to you is to start drinking heavily.”</p>
<p>i feel you people are silly debating the differences here, for all intents they are equal.</p>
<p>“all intents they are equal.”</p>
<p>I feel differently than you. :)</p>