Need the best possible option

If I'm not mistaken, the big-name schools like Harvard have fantastic financial aid programs. Why not go if you can get in and land some aid packages?

I would do CUNY Brooklyn. Try better schools with more financial aid though.

My biggest thing is that i went to midwood high school and thats the neighboring high school by CUNY Brooklyn College, but another reason is also because i know a girl who went to Brooklyn college and graduated with a 4.0 GPA and had a really tough time getting into grad school. To me i feel she had a tough time because she did come out of a CUNY. I am looking to save as much money for my undergrad year but have an easier time getting into a top notch grad program such as a Harvard or Stanford and not have the burden for paying for both undergrad and grad at the same time.

If your goal is to go to a cheap school with accounting/BO finance/Corporate Finance, transfer to Baruch or Binghamton (slightly better for recruiting)

the reason why your friend had troubles getting into grad programs with a 4.0 at Brooklyn is because of the grade inflation the CUNY system has. Look I graduated from Midwood and honestly, I have to say CUNY is a joke compared to HS. You don't need to be smart to get a 3.5+ gpa.. just need to put in SOME effort in your academics. If you did decently well at Midwood (90+ avg, took APs, etc), you shouldn't have a problem getting a 3.5+ gpa at any of the CUNYs

Would you rather cut off your right nut, or your left? There is no best possible option with these 2 schools. May as well go to KCC and transfer in a year.

SUNY Albany isnt that awful. They are ranked #131 nationally and their business school is ranked #86, which isnt awful. Binghamton's business school is only ranked #79 so they both are not to far apart from each other.

Depends on what you want to do OP post-college. If it's IB then neither of the choices listed above will do you any good, and you're pretty much wasting money.

If it's IB, I'd say lever-up and bite the bullet by taking on a loan. It's is a small investment in the long-run if were're talking about being able to launch a finance career from a 'target'.

So you all are pretty much trying to say that the only way to really succeed is by going to an Ivy league school. In my opinion i think its all a bunch of BS. Dont get me wrong it definitely is great to go to an Ivy but i dont think that attending a SUNY or anything is that awful. I think the most important is networking. After your first job it really doesn't matter where you came from. I know people who went to CUNY's and SUNY's and are brining in more than some Ivy leaguers. Personally i think telling young kids that they wont succeed unless they attend an Ivy league school really is ridiculous. It all comes down to what you make out of your experience, education, and skills.