Transfer School Selection

I recently got into a couple of universities as an incoming sophomore transfer and was wondering which schools would be the best fit for me. For a bit of background, I was a pre-med biology student at UT Austin before deciding to transfer and as a result have a very minimal finance and accounting background. I'm wanting to target corporate banking roles but am also looking at commercial banking and credit roles to keep my options open. Any insights into the following schools and their respective placement / cultures would be greatly appreciated.
 

For all of the following schools financial aid is all the same (~8K a year out of pocket)
1. Emory Goizueta
2. Boston College Carroll
3. Vanderbilt (Economics)
 

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Think depends on geography, if you wanna stay in the south, Emory/Vandy (although I think Vandy is more recognized marginally in the northeast). If you want to go to school in the northeast at a smaller liberal arts college (culturally more preppy in a college CITY) would do BC - probably good alumni base for NYC as well there. Overall all three are great and get you the opportunities you’re seeking. If you really want to study business specifically, maybe Carroll/Goizueta make a bit more sense. If you want SEC football and the broadest possible alumni outreach I think Vandy takes the cake.

 

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