What if I Can't Afford a Target School?

I see so much hype around this website about attending a target school, and that it is very difficult to break into a good finance career without a target school background. However, is it worth it to carry the debt of these schools? At what point would you consider the advantages of a target to be outweighed by the debt incurred?

For example: Boston College at 55K / Year and graduate 80K in debt or Bentley University at 35K / Year and graduate with no debt?

I understand going to a strong undergraduate school will help with job placement, but is it worth if I'm just draining my future paycheck paying back student loans with interest?

Thanks for your help

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if you're planning on going into banking, you'll be able to pay your debt down pretty quickly so go to the best school you can get into. your stats are solid so you should have no trouble getting into a target. best of luck.

 

keep an option card with Cornell guaranteed transfer.

and then try to get a ladder of schools on debt sizes, 10k, 20k, 30k, 45k, etc. and then once you have Cornell results and your family affordability evaluated, you'll be making an informed decision

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