Transfer Decision Help

Current sophomore at a "semi-target" who has to transfer for reasons outside my control and am looking for input into ranking the schools I've gotten into to help decide where to attend really only care about which school will give me the best shot for an IB gig. I have been admitted to:

UNC (Econ as of now but can apply to KF later in the summer) Notre Dame Lehigh (Business) BC (Business) USC (Business) NYU (Econ) SMU (Business)

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Current sophomore at a "semi-target" who has to transfer for reasons outside my control and am looking for input into ranking the schools I've gotten into to help decide where to attend really only care about which school will give me the best shot for an IB gig. I have been admitted to:

UNC (Econ as of now but can apply to KF later in the summer)

Notre Dame Lehigh (Business) BC (Business) USC (Business) NYU (Econ) SMU (Business)

USC (Business) > Notre Dame (Business?) > BC (Business) > NYU (Econ) > UNC (Econ) > SMU (Business) > Lehigh (Business)

 

From the tier list rankings it goes like ND > USC/UNC/BC > NYU(Econ) > SMU + Lehigh. I chose BC over ND and USC but that's mainly because I wanted to be in Boston. If you only care about placement and don't care about location then go for ND.

 

Hey, I’m strongly looking at BC. Did you regret not going to ND? Really love BC overall but I’m worried because people on here make it sound impossible to get a job if not at a target.

 
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I was kind of disappointed that I didn't get into a top target like one of the ivies even thought I had some really good grades/scores/extracurriculars. I think BC is great for finance and the core lets you explore your other interests too. The campus is super nice and the people are pretty friendly.

BC is a semi-target (targeted by quite a few BBs, not so much for MBB consulting, though placements at other firms are pretty good). 

I'd say go where you would be happiest and the whole job thing can wait for later.

 

Congrats on this acceptances! Where do you go currently? ND places the best from the schools you mentioned (it’s a target). However, if the university isn’t a good cultural fit for you, go for USC/UNC. Typically you would weigh these options against your existing institute but you did mention that you have to transfer regardless

 

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