Indiana or Tulane for undergrad

So I messed around too much during first two years of HS and my GPA isn't too great. (Test scores are OK though). I have two options:

Indiana (Direct Admit to Kelley) - no $, will have to pay ~35k/year out of state not including living expenses.
Tulane - I have a full ride, will need to pay living expenses.

From what I've gathered Indiana's IB Workshop has strong recruiting and Tulane's is fairly weak though it seems Tulane does send some people to energy banking in Houston.

Ideally I'd like to end up at an upper MM buyside place in NY.

I'm leaning towards Tulane at the moment and maybe try to transfer after a year/try to network into a NY BB/EB group (Don't know too much about MM exits) because I don't really feel like going into massive debt for a crack at the IB Workshop at IU. I know my situation isn't ideal but I'd really appreciate any advice. Thanks.

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My view on undergrad is to always go to the school that will cause you to incur the least amount of debt. Tulane isn't great for finance, but is overall a very prestigious school. Go there, and then transfer in 1-2 years.

 
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Don't really see how you messed up your high school GPA as a 3.7 minimum is needed to get into Kelley. Anyhow, I think you should go to Tulane unless you are REALLY confident you will get into the IB workshop.

Kelley takes weighted GPAs so that's how I managed to pass the 3.7 mark.

 

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