I'm a Highschool senior who is applying to all undergrad business schools and also the non-business-school ivys
Now I understand that for clear reasons, its definitely better to come from schools like Harvard, Wharton, Dartmouth, Columbia, Chicago MIT and such, than it would be coming from schools like Stern, but I don't understand why people are so negative about Stern. What is the REAL problem that makes it so looked down upon? The students have the 3rd highest average or median SAT scores behind Wharton and Wash u Olin, meaning that they'd have to be pretty smart to get in, their graduating class income is comparable to Wharton's at about 70k base, the job placement is 98%, they're ranked #2 for Finance and #5 in general, and it's located right in NYC/Wall street where everyone seems to get a job/internship somewhere... what's the problem?
The only problems I see so far are:
-NYU < Ivy's + Other top caliber schools in terms of name/prestige, but it doesn't seem to be lacking that much of a name on wall street, both my brother and dad work at BB firms and say "Sternies" are all over the place in the big name companies
-Lack of campus/community/traditional college experience (at least you get all of NYC to explore)
-Expensive tuition+living costs with sub-par financial aid (Money isn't a concern for me but I can see why this is problematic)
-Cut-throat competitive environment (but that environment is exhibited in all the other top universities as well except maybe Brown...)
But other than that, that makes it so bad? How can people go wrong if they go to Stern?
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