IU Kelley vs Fordham vs Northeastern university vs Babson College for Investmnet banking (Undergrad)
I'm an international student admitied to the following universities and looking to break into IB. I have resreached countless forums, threads and vidoes but still having difficulty deciding which school is the best for finance. IU kelley is what I have been told 9/10 times I asked someone but the location and general view of IU and its overall low ranking are a few cons. I want to start my own Fintech Start-up but want a few years of work experience in investment banking so babson also seems like a good fit for its entrepreneurship program. I understand that all of these are Non-Targets except maybe kelley( semi-target) so I will be trying to work really hard my first year to give transfer admisions a shot to schools like NYU stern and Georgetown, Cornell, Umich Ross etc. So my question is which of these schools do you guys think is the best.
IU kelley- $55K
Fordham, Northeastern- $87K
Babson- $77K
Cost isnt a concern since I am full pay at all of them but which will give me the most bang for buck.
Lastly, thanks to everyone who read this post and helped me out finalise my college decision!
Kelley is the best if you’re concerned about breaking into IB (any location) right out of college, followed by Fordham first due to its proximity/connections to Wall Street and it being a rich school, then Northeastern, then Babson because I think they’re almost entirely focused on making “entrepreneurs” and it has little to do with institutional finance.
Only go to Babson if you’re sure you want to make a startup immediately, but if you have the drive you can do that from any of these college with probably NEU CS setting you up best to work in the startup space.
If you want to transfer go to the school with the biggest name, which out of these I’d think would be Northeastern — even though that’s due to them artificially deflating acceptance rates and having tons of kids applying who want to be close to Boston or experience the east coast. I still think you’d still have the best transfer odds out of there regardless even though it’s kind of a glorified state school and had a 60% acceptance rate not too long ago.
Kelley will be pretty fun and there’s a solid chance if you go there you might turn complacent and not transfer unless you got into the ACE program or something.
Also consider transferring to schools like SMU which punch above their weight with per capita placements and have a decently high acceptance rate. NYU has a decent transfer pipeline but not necessarily for Stern, same with Ross.
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