Lehigh, GWU, Bentley University, or Fordham
I’m a current senior is high school and trying to pick where to go next year out of the following 4 schools (I would be studying finance at all of them)
Lehigh university, George Washington University, Bentley university, Fordham University
I don’t really know what I want to do after college but I’m interesting in IB, PE, and Sales & Trading, as well as government opportunities like the fed or treasury.
Price doesn’t really matter they are all going to cost about the same.
Would love your input!
I’d do Bentley or Fordham other two are more bleak
Holding all else equal, I'd do Lehigh as I see a disproportionate number of alum considering the size of the school. In non-finance circles I'd say Lehigh and GW are probably seen as the best schools. However, academically all schools are in similar enough that if you have a strong preference for non-academic reasons I'd go select that school.
Bentley
I went to Lehigh. It’s a good school, and the alumni network is pretty sizable / responsive if you reach out thoughtfully. To a lesser extent, had some success networking with other Patriot League school alumni (Bucknell, Colgate, even Lafayette all have a good alumni base as well). It’s also fun as fuck - highly recommend getting involved with Greek Life.
I think actual recruiting today is fairly limited but there is some. It’s not easy to break in but you have a fair shot as long as you do everything right.
All four will give you a shot if you work hard and do the right things.
If you know you want to do finance / econ work with the government, I would lean GWU. You could probably intern during the school year with a member of congress and find summer gigs at the FED or Treasury / Commerce Department
GW
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