Canadian HS Senior Weighing Pros and Cons of Going to the US

HS Senior here; I would love to hear some insight regarding what college I should choose weighing the pros and cons.

I got into a few schools but the 2 I've boiled down to at the end is UNC and Western Ivey (other goods options I got into were WashU, Emory and IU). I haven't got direct admission to Kenan-Flagler but I have AEO for Ivey.

My total cost will be about 200k at UNC and 100K at Ivey.

Now with this all being said, my goal at the end of college is to get a job in MBB consulting or NY IBD (or buy-side would be great obviously, but probably not possible from these institutions).

UNC has about 22% of its class place into NY whereas it is about 9% for Ivey. However, I'm guessing as an international student, the % would be a lot lower at UNC. So with all this being said, where would I get the best chance to get into either Big 3 Consulting or NY IBD? Also, if I'm not able to to get into either of these options, where would I have the better backup options (which would probably be Charlotte/Atlanta for UNC and Toronto for Ivey). Also, what are the odds I go to UNC and end up having to come back to Canada?

Thanks.

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