Accepted into Caltech undergrad, finance future possible?

Recently was admitted to Caltech. I am aware of potential comments that suggest quant trading but I am interested in investment banking and potentially working in private equity down the line. How feasible will this be from an extremely small school like Caltech which is not known at all for finance roles but has a general consensus of intelligence, especially among scientific circles? 

Worth mentioning that I will also be playing a sport there. 

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