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16 Mar 2017, 15:48
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Hi guys, what's your input here? Full ride from Cornell and Darden and no money from NYU. Want to do Investment Banking. Would it be unprecedented to have NYU match the full ride? I know people negotiate with programs if you have other scholarship offers but is it even possible to go from NO $ to full ride? Does anyone have any input on this? Thanks!
On a separate note, assuming full ride from all 3 (if I manage to pull that off), which would you recommend for pursuing investment banking? Cost of living not a huge factor... I'm more focused on picking the program that gives me the better recruiting opportunities and will carry the best image on my resume as I progress from investment banking to private equity and so forth. Set up a poll for you guys to weigh in, Thanks.
On a separate note, assuming full ride from all 3 (if I manage to pull that off), which would you recommend for pursuing investment banking? Cost of living not a huge factor... I'm more focused on picking the program that gives me the better recruiting opportunities and will carry the best image on my resume as I progress from investment banking to private equity and so forth. Set up a poll for you guys to weigh in, Thanks.
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Hi guys, what's your input here? Full ride from Cornell and Darden and no money from NYU. Want to do Investment Banking. Would it be unprecedented to have NYU match the full ride? I know people negotiate with programs if you have other scholarship offers but is it even possible to go from NO $ to full ride? Does anyone have any input on this? Thanks!
On a separate note, assuming full ride from all 3 (if I manage to pull that off), which would you recommend for pursuing investment banking? Cost of living not a huge factor... I'm more focused on picking the program that gives me the better recruiting opportunities and will carry the best image on my resume as I progress from investment banking to private equity and so forth. Set up a poll for you guys to weigh in, Thanks.
On a separate note, assuming full ride from all 3 (if I manage to pull that off), which would you recommend for pursuing investment banking? Cost of living not a huge factor... I'm more focused on picking the program that gives me the better recruiting opportunities and will carry the best image on my resume as I progress from investment banking to private equity and so forth. Set up a poll for you guys to weigh in, Thanks.
Even if you manage half scholarship from NY, I would advise going there. You will be in hub or IB action. This means access to opportunities and network. So you can turn them into job offers. You will in fierce competition with other schools such Columbia and Wharton and others.
However, in case NY does not provide any scholarship, I would say it is hard to move the other scholarships from Darden and Cornell. Although some will argue that Cornell is good finance schools, I would choose Darden as its name is better than Cornell and doing providing IB almost the same percentage as Cornell (D 18% vs 17%). I think here it comes to the fit. You attend admit weekend to get the experience from both.
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Hi guys, what's your input here? Full ride from Cornell and Darden and no money from NYU. Want to do Investment Banking. Would it be unprecedented to have NYU match the full ride? I know people negotiate with programs if you have other scholarship offers but is it even possible to go from NO $ to full ride? Does anyone have any input on this? Thanks!
On a separate note, assuming full ride from all 3 (if I manage to pull that off), which would you recommend for pursuing investment banking? Cost of living not a huge factor... I'm more focused on picking the program that gives me the better recruiting opportunities and will carry the best image on my resume as I progress from investment banking to private equity and so forth. Set up a poll for you guys to weigh in, Thanks.
On a separate note, assuming full ride from all 3 (if I manage to pull that off), which would you recommend for pursuing investment banking? Cost of living not a huge factor... I'm more focused on picking the program that gives me the better recruiting opportunities and will carry the best image on my resume as I progress from investment banking to private equity and so forth. Set up a poll for you guys to weigh in, Thanks.
Are you absolutely dead-set on IB? Have you done some networking and spoken with IB people, understand the lifestyle, the work hours, the fact that you will leave the office at 11pm and no basically no life, at least in the near-term? I would make sure are you are 100% positive about this because if not, I would rule NYU out.
Check the employment statistics for Darden in IB vs. NYU. I realize NYU will be better but by what margin?
If NYU still comes out favorably after making *absolutely sure* that you want an IB career - and they offer the best value proposition for you - definitely tell them you have a full-ride offer from both schools and ask if they can match it. I realize it's a long shot but you have to try.
I like Darden because of the case method, I think that puts it in a better class, more for consulting, but I feel it would have some good implications with PE.
You might also consider visiting the schools. Applicants generally fail to consider the differences in culture for one school to the next, but I think that you will do better where there is a good fit. So it's about you at the school, not just the school itself.
Definitely a good problem to have though, and I'm lucky to be in this situation... 
