Transfer from UVA (Pre-commerce + Echols) to GTown, Vandy, ND (Econ), Brown, WashU (Olin), Cornell (Econ), Chicago or stay?
Hate UVA. Want to get some experience on the Street before transitioning to academia. Undecided major in UVA, but I'm trying for McIntire OR designing my own hybrid major with politics and business economics. Should I apply to transfer to these schools instead? I would like to be at a school with less of a preprofessional focus but is still heavily recruited (or has a good name on the street).
My plan
Undergrad->Street(~4 years)->MBA/PhD/JD
Ok, firstly, lets halt that galloping and bring that cart back.
Secondly, I think you need to focus on the primary priority which is procuring acceptance to transfer in the schools you've listed above. Because, and please feel free to correct me if I am wrong, if you hadn't received that admissions email or letter if you're old school. Then this conversation is all airs or hypotheticals.
Thirdly, indulging you a little bit, if you get in to Cornell, Chicago, Brown or GTown then simply it would be up to f*** it up. You certainly can break in on the street from any of those schools. I'd rank Vandy and WashU next, with an emphasis on Vandy, meaning, hypothetically if you were accepted to both of those school and rejected from the rest, chose Vandy. Don't know much about ND?
"Undergrad-> Street(~4 years)->MBA/PhD/JD"
Jeez, squeeze CEO of F500 after "MBA/PhD/JD"... but seriously I get that and I know how you feel. I am, just like you, very future-time oriented and plan decades in advance often. But my advice is to slow down a little and create micro goals/accomplishments. Your first one is too receive those admission acceptance emails or letters again if you're school.
Best of luck! Sorry for being such a wise ass.
UVA is a really solid school and if you can get in McIntire you should definitely stay. If you insist on transferring Brown GTown and Chicago are solid. I wouldn't transfer to Cornell econ just because you'll be playing second fiddle against the Dyson kids.
In term of number of kids in any given analyst class across all the BBs and EBs, UVA McIntire has SIGNIFICANTLY more than Wash U, Brown, ND and Vandy in NYC and roughly the same as Gtown, Cornell and Chicago (a few more at CS and MS, a few less at GS and EVR probably).
If you hate it and your entire plan is predicated on getting into McIntire (which you haven't yet), then you might just want to transfer for other reasons but judging by this broad and pretty diverse set of schools, guessing you don't really know what you're after yet.