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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Let's not kid ourselves, undergrad "prestige" is all about how quick your kid can make serious money on Wall Street, MBB consulting, in SV, or via t14 law school or top medical school.

US News list is a running joke. Most Chicago, Northwestern, WashU and Emory alums I know work regular ass jobs.[/quote]

Then you are a moron. Don't talk about things you clearly know nothing about. And repeat after me. "Personal anecdotes, don't equal evidence". If you see the number of Wall street, Top Tier consulting firms, Prop Trading firms and hitech firms that now recruit UChicago kids, your envy will devour you even more. The school's career services has really transformed the opportunities available to these kids now. Now are these the right jobs for everybody? Hell no. But make no mistake about it. These "prestige" firms are recruiting heavily at Chicago now.

I don't know enough about the other schools to comment. [/quote]

+1 Being located in a major business center certainly is of help too. Similar to Columbia and Stanford, a student also has easy access to mine opportunities in addition to oncampus recruiting.  IMO the numerical increase in the kids who are interested in these career paths has also served to benefit the cohort as a whole.  Given the spectacular success of prior alums I would guess that on past campus recruiting wasn't limited due to noninterest on the part of recruiters but more so because they couldn't draw enough students in the days of old. And, Booth graduate students have also been active with mentoring and leads for undergraduates.  Once they put their minds to improving post-college outcomes, UChicago did it in their intense style, activating resources from all sides.[/quote]

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