Investment banking cc->t25 or go to CAL POLY SLO

Basically to summraize this, is cal poly slo good enough for investment banking or should i transfer to a T25. has anyone gone to cc and made it into investment banking?? 

so i'm currently a highschool senior that wants to go to investment banking but i didn't get into target schools but i did get in CAL POLY SLO.  i have a solid amount of credits from ap exams and college classes i took but im not sure if i should go to slo and try getting into investment banking from there or if i should go to cc (maybe for a year) and transfer into a top school for IB like BERKLEY HAAS, USC Marshall, UPENN Wharton, Stanford, ANY IVYS? how hard is it? ( like buy next to impossible and never done or just i have to work my ass off for the next year) i'm scared of falling behind because competitive freshman apply for internships and idk if i can do that at a cc or if i can apply to like the sophomore programs (at like goldmansachs) bc u have to be at an accredited 4 year uni to even apply
if anyone is done it can you let me know

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Marshall accepts transfers with 30 college units. Probably OPs best shot at trying to get into IB if they take the transfer route

 

Just messing around. Congrats on SLO! I think you should go there and start networking asap. If any of your connections are promising stick with it and just get your bachelors from there. I’ve seen a solid bunch of SLO students hit great offers. If it’s not looking good for some reason apply to Marshall from SLO as a sophomore year transfer. You’ll have a great shot. Wharton you can’t even transfer to and Stanford is a lost cause. That being said still shoot your shot through their Econ programs. Idk if haas takes sophomore transfers but fs do that if you can. Lets gooooo!

 

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