Rochester, Bentley, or College of the Holy Cross for Undergraduate?

I just got acceptances from Bentley, University of Rochester, and College of the Holy Cross and am looking for advice on where to go. I'm unsure of what career path I want to choose, but I'm sure it's finance-related and I'm fairly certain I want to go into consulting. Also, Bentley gave me a half-tuition scholarship, so it might be most economical to go there.
With all that in mind, what would you all recommend? (I'm aware none of them are targets, I'm more asking what's the lesser of three evils)

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Why should I not even consider Holy Cross? Just not a good school for business majors? Also, I'm still waiting on two decisions from Lehigh and U of M (I only expect to get in as an LSA Econ student, but did apply for preferred admission to Ross). If I were to get into both of those (highly unlikely), what would your recommendation be then?

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Thanks for the response. I'm assuming most of those you interned with were in Ross for undergrad though. That's the thing. If I only got into the econ program at Umich, would it still be worth it to go there?

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I'm unsure. It's worth a shot but honestly no idea.

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