<p>So my decision on which school to attend in the fall has come down to these four, and I was just curious as to what other people thought (and I will be posting this in all 4 schools' threads to receive everybody's bias). I want to eventually get into finance (ibanking, etc.).</p>
<p>Currently I have been accepted into NYU (Stern) with 9k per year for 2 years (possibly all 4, still trying to figure this out), Michigan's College of Engineering (no Ross Pre-Admit), UC Berkeley's College of Letters and Science and Illinois' Business Honors Program with about 13k per year. Money doesn't really matter, but it does somewhat- my parents will send me where I want to go and we'll make it work, but that may mean loans for the first 3 choices.</p>
<p>Which of these would set me up the best for a career in ibanking/acceptances to top MBA programs (ex. Penn, Harvard, Stanford, etc.)?</p>
<p>if money is not an object, stern is the best choice for ibanking. just know that it is a really competitive atmosphere, being such a prestigious school where kids walk out with the best entry level jobs wall street has to offer.</p>
<p>if money is an object and you live in michigan, go to michigan. although you may want to look up a) whether michigan engineers have gotten ibanking jobs and b) how likely you’d be able to transfer into ross if that’s what you want to do.</p>
<p>if money is an object and you live in illinois, go to illinois. the business honors program gives you tons of advantages, and you can definitely get an ibanking job after college. you might not see this in the statistics, however, because illinois’ top students in business tend towards accounting where big 4 recruitment is heavy. but i know plenty of people that work hard, get involved, and are more than able to get ibanking jobs. i know BMO recruits here, for example.</p>
<p>i dont know enough about berkeley to comment, unfortunately.</p>