Indiana University vs CSUF vs CalPolyPomona vs ASU vs University of Utah vs community college transfer to UCB

I'm attempting to determine where I should go for undergrad out of my acceptances for the best change/fastest ramp/internships in a career such as investment banking(I know these are all non targets). I am a California resident right now. My options:
- Indiana University Kelley (Investment banking workshop)
- ASU 
- University of Utah
- Cal State Fullerton
- Cal Poly Pomona
- OR I can go to community college and transfer to UC Berkley/USC/oth high recruitment. (I have no doubt at all that if I take this route, I will get accepted as a transfer)

I have genuinely no preference of one over the other at the moment really, I could roll a dice and every result would feel the same.

Also, in terms of the question that if this was a career suited for me I should have gotten into better schools, that isn't a worry for other reasons I won't go into right now. The work ethic, etc., is not a problem.

Conclusion: Any and all thoughts on some or all of these options would be much appreciated, and thanks for the feedback.

3 Comments
 

Depends on how serious you are about IB already. If u want to grind hard along with having fun, I’d go to ASU. I am a fellow grad working in banking. Feel free to pm if you have questions.

 

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