Help me choose an undergraduate school

I am a high school senior and am trying to decide where to attend college. I am interested in a career in finance, perhaps investment banking. Right now, I am considering three schools: Washington and Lee, Washington University in St. Louis, and William and Mary. I received full ride scholarships to W&L and W&M and a full tuition scholarship to WashU. From the limited research I've done, it seems W&L would give me the best chance at landing an ib job. Unfortunately, I don't like W&L's size or location. It also seems that neither W&M nor WashU are target schools (although some people say WashU is a semi-target, not sure how true that is). Beyond these three schools, I was also admitted into UVA, Georgetown, and Dartmouth, but all would be far more expensive than these three options. I could afford UVA without loans but would have to take out 50k+ in loans to afford Georgetown or Dartmouth. Which school(s) would set me up best for a career in ib? Any thoughts or advice would be greatly appreciated, thanks.

 

First, what type of college environment would work best for you? Big sports, access to a city, etc. I ask because all of the schools you mentioned will definitely provide you with a career in finance may be not BB though.

I would say UVA>Georgetown>Dartmouth>WL>WashU=W&M for finance. McIntire at UVA has a competitive admission process for upperclassmen. However, economic majors (non-School Of Business) also get finance opportunities.

 
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I almost went to Dartmouth.  It blows out the other schools on this list.  What's the total cost of attendance there? 

100% rule out W&M and W&L.  UVA, Georgetown, and Dartmouth all do well with finance recruiting, with Dartmouth #1 of the batch.  WashU with a full-tuition scholarship is pretty compelling.  Not as great for recruiting but it's a good school and plenty of people break into banking from there.  And you'd save a lot of money.

I would probably pick Dartmouth or WashU here.  UVA seems reasonably priced so could be a solid option and Georgetown does very well but I probably wouldn't pick it over Dartmouth at a similar price point.

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Honestly WashU is a great school and you can break in from there. I would take the money and run with WashU. I have a friend who was in a similar situation as yours except instead of WashU he had Emory. He picked Emory and has EB offers. Just do well at WashU. 

   
 

Dartmouth and its not even close. You can pay off that 50k in debt after a couple of internships ez. Plus dartmouth lets you do winter internships which is huge. Ppl intern at crazy places during a winter fresh/soph year and end up at top bb/eb.

I don't go to Dartmouth but my best friend does and the network is truly insane. I have never heard of alumni that go to bat for you more than Dartmouth alum

 

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