Pitt vs. UW Madison vs. VTech

I'm a high-school senior, looking to go to college next year, and then hopefully one day break into Investment Banking. I applied to targets schools, but because of my lacking SAT scores (and probably a bunch of other factors), I was rejected from every single one. That being said, I got into UW-Madison, Virginia Tech, Pitt, University of Miami in Ohio, and WVU.

My question is this: If you were in my shoes, where would you go? I may apply to a transfer next year, but I would like to try not to enroll in a school with that mindset. In other words, if staying at one of these schools for four years wouldn't hold me back too much, I would rather stay than start the application process (and all that comes with it, especially socially) all over again, as long as I like the school.

I loved Virginia Tech's campus, but UW-Madison is supposedly way better for Finance, as is Pitt. WVU I could attend for a very small price due to scholarships, and probably completely kill it my first year, getting better stats to transfer, as well as have tons of fun.

Thank you for taking the time to read this, any suggestions or comments are appreciated.

 

I go to Pitt so I can speak about it a little bit. There are a dozen or so alumni in banking. If you can figure out how to get into the Socially Responible Investment Portfolio, places a few kids into banking per year. Key Banc is the only bank that actually recruits on campus.

 

Wisconsin without a doubt. Has a better than average pipeline into high finance for a non-target state school. If you have your shit together early you shouldn't have a problem. It is a strong feeder school into Milwaukee and Chicago firms.

You'll also get the full college experience there, much more so than any of those other schools you mentioned. The party scene is as good as any in the B1G and the campus is beautiful 6-8 months out of the year from what I hear.

 

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