<p>I’ve been accepted to Carroll for finance and lafayette as a marquis scholar for economics. Which would be a better choice undergrad to get started for ib or Wall Street finance in general?</p>
<p>Dear Pennsylvania2013 : For investment banking, the edge would still belong to Boston College’s Business School. Accounting and finance would be far more respected as measured by performance with the Big Four accounting firms. Further, the Boston College network would be stronger in the New York City area than the Lafayette network.</p>
<p>All that said, the Lafayette Marquis scholarship is solid money to decrease your costs. The question would be how much debt would you be willing to shoulder exiting from your undergraduate education? From a pure quality perspective, the edge is clearly with Boston College, but that is not the only parameter for discussion here.</p>
<p>Pennsylvania2013:
To add to scottj’s input, there’s another element to consider here.</p>
<p>If you think of how much you’ve changed and grown between your 8th grade year and now (HS senior), that amount of change and growth will multiply many times over the next four years. It behooves you to not only think of which school will be your ticket to “life afterwards”, but which school is personally a better fit for you.</p>
<p>My S graduated from Lafayette in 2011 with a BA in Economics, Magna cum Laude & Phi Beta Kappa. He works as an analyst for a firm that provides data and consulting for investment banks and the NYSE. (In geographic terms, his office is less than a block from Wall Street). Many of his co-workers and bosses are from Patriot League schools.</p>
<p>BC’s Carroll School has an excellent reputation for business, and its alumni network is larger than Lafayettes. But $20k/year is significant money. Only you can decide which is a better choice for you.</p>