Semi-Target Transfers

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I don't think there's any question that all 3 of the schools you mentioned are better both academically and prestige-wise than the school you are at now. When I think little ivy, I think Williams, Amherst and Middlebury, not Trinity. If you can make the move, and you think you will also like the atmosphere of the school more, then you should absolutely do so if there's nothing holding you back.

I don't see a good reason for you not to move. Recruiting will, if anything, improve. If your choice comes up in OCR, just explain how much you love the college you transferred to.

I think this is a good chance to say that while you should keep recruiting in mind, don't let it dominate your college experience. If you think you'd be happier elsewhere, jump. 2-4 years is a long time to be dissatisfied, especially if you don't have to be.

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I think it's definitely worth transferring to either BC or Georgetown if you can. Different cities and cultures in my mind, so you have to figure out what you want with that. You'll be on the cusp with a 3.6 though, so you want to work as hard as possible to get that higher.

You say that those firms have visited already, but for what divisions? How many interns do they normally take? They might only visit for certain divisions or plan to take one or two kids a year, which isn't the case at all at BC or Georgetown. You can call them whatever you like, but the reality is that almost every Wall Street firm recruits there for front office positions and your chances will be much, much better going from there.

The other thing is that once you break in, having the alumni network on the Street that a BC/Gtown has will serve you much, much better than any liberal arts college. It's an easy decision.

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BC has pretty good recruiting - one of my best friends goes there. They're sending a couple kids to MS this year, one to JPM, a couple to Citi, a half-dozen or so to BarCap, 4 or 5 to UBS, and a couple to DB. Out of a class of roughly 500 in the UG B-School, I'd say that's quite good...

Also, from what I saw when I visited, the girls are smokin'!

(the above were just for IBD). About two dozen landed S&T gigs at BBs, and obviously you also have a copious number of guys going to consulting, back-office, etc.

Not exactly HYP, but def. better than Bates or Lehigh.

I really appreciate all of the feedback. If not accepted for fall semester, do you think it would still be worth it for the spring?

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If you are good and you go to all of the presentations, prep well for the interviews, and have good grades, you should land a BB gig at BC. Almost all firms recruit there and they'll give around 10-15 interviews for first round out of about 100 and as many as 150 who apply. From there you'll get as little as 1 and as many as 4-5 to the superday. So the best kids at BC get jobs at top banks. Blackops is for the most part right about those numbers for IBD. S&T isn't that high (at least not for BBs). I think the nice thing about BC is that there isn't as much competition, so it's easier to stand out and good talent is more easily noticed than it might be at a HYP or the like.

Cannot ask for a better alumni network either in my mind. Boston is an awesome city and good proximity for recruiting out of NY and some Boston too. Georgetown obviously has its merits as well, and more firms probably recruit there to an extent, but you can't go wrong with BC.

PM me if you want to talk further.