First Year Student @ semi-target in California

Should I transfer to a target school (Columbia, NYU, or Dartmouth would be my three options (accepted to all three, with a 65% off scholarship to dartmouth) or apply to a mid sized firm as a summer analyst? I won't have the opportunity to have a summer analyst/internship position between my freshman and sophmore year if i switch. However, I can have 2 summer internships if I stay at my current school. I have a 3.94 GPA and have taken Calc 3, finance related courses and microecon year 2 (I skipped a lot of general education courses due to AP Credits). I'm not 100% sure which option would be more beneficial, and I know both are viable paths.  My goal 4 years from now is to obtain a full time Investment Banking offer in M&A and would be incredibly grateful and further motivated if I landed an offer at Evercore or MS. My current major is a B.S Economics and I would be switching to a B.A Economics+ Minor in Finance/Accounting. (Cannot do the minor at current school).
 

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+1 MS. There are no semi-targets in California. The whole west coast is a bunch of pot smoking couch potatoes. You will never make it, sonny! You won't amount to SHIT!

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Neither Columbia nor Dartmouth have released decisions for the transfer admissions cycle. I don't know what you're trying to achieve by lying about a hypothetical. 

 

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