Path from University of Toronto to Target US College to Wall Street?

I am a high school student (18 y/o) who is about to pursue a non-finance major at the University of Toronto (Computer Science/Math to be precise) this fall.

I've realized in the past months that both my skill set and interests are more pointed towards banking and finance (more specifically IB M&A) rather than CS/Math.

As a result, I am now considering the following four options:

  1. Transfer to a target school in the US.
  2. Transfer to a target school in Canada.
  3. Transfer to a community college in the US and then to a target school.
  4. The Rotman Commerce degree offered at U of T.

My question is then, which of these options maximize the chances of me landing a job on Wall Street in IB in the shortest amount of time & (if possible) the least amount of money spent.

I understand this is a big goal that might not even be realistic but I'm willing to be patient and work my ass off in the meantime.

If there are more optimal paths that I haven't listed I would greatly appreciate to hear them. Thank you in advance to everyone taking the time to read this and reply to a naïve student.

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