Undergrad Decision: Wake Forest, Bucknell, Lehigh, Fordham

Hello,

I'm a high school senior looking to break into IB, Real Estate Finance or perhaps S&T (if it doesn't keep trending towards comp sci). That being said, does anyone have insight to the alumni network, general reputation/prestige and chances of landing a gig in New York using OCR + network out of these colleges. I was also waitlisted at BC and Villanova, which I'll 100% go for if I get lucky. I also got a decent scholarship at Fordham.

(Sorry, I know this isn't college confidential and some of these schools have been discussed on here already, but Im looking for an updated 2019 response from those in the industry)

thanks for taking a look

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