VSB vs UW vs Fordham

Recently got offers from Villanova, UW Madison, and Fordham. All offers include acceptance into the business school, and cost-wise, they are very similar. Which one would be a better choice for IB?

I also got offers from Indiana (Kelly, though I do not want to take a chance on the IBW because if you do not get in, you go from semi-target to nonexistent university very quickly), DePaul in Chicago, and SMU, as well as a few others, but for the time being those are my best choices.

What would be my best route for IB?

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Really? I've done some research on it, and from what I've found, the first thing recruiters look for seeing you're from Kelley is if you were in the workshop. If not, you're fried. Plus, it seems 95% of their alumns on banks have the workshop on their LinkedIn.

 

I would say none of these are THAT different.

Yes IBW would be the best route.

I would go where you could have the most fun because all of these have pros and cons that make it about even.

You could do chats in the city at Fordham but I think there’s some OCR (at least for CHI) recruiting at UW.

SMU could be fun too

Idk do what’s best for you

Do you want to be near NYC? interested interested in frat life?

 

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