ASU or Bard College... to BB internship?

I am a high school senior and have been accepted at ASU and Bard College. Realizing that neither is a target school, which school gives me the best chance of landing a BB internship/analyst role? I would like to work in finance and am trying to figure out how to land a summer internship at a BB firm coming from a non-target school. Is my best shot at a BB internship to transfer from one of those schools after freshman or sophmore year to a target school? Assuming I can achieve a 4.0 GPA, which school would be easier to transfer to a target school from?

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