<p>Basically I have been accepted at UNC with a full scholarship (Carolina Scholars), Notre Dame (Reilly Program), Northwestern, and Duke and have been waitlisted at Columbia and Cornell. </p>
<p>I need help deciding where to go next year. </p>
<p>I am interested in business/finance and am looking to get internships on wallstreet during my 4 years of college and a job on wallstreet after college (preferably at the bigger banks such as GS and JPM). I would especially like to get into private equity and hedge funds straight out of undergrad which I know is very difficult. Would these schools give me the opportunities to do so? Will UNC (considering i work my ass off) give me these opportunities? </p>
<p>I really need help deciding where to go, especially since the deadline is in 11 days. Thank you and I appreciate all feedback both positive and negative.</p>
<p>Take it from someone who works at one of those Big Banks, it doesn’t matter. What matters more is your networking and your alumni. Honest. Because banks don’t even look at applications submitted online. It’s all about getting in internally.</p>
<p>And FYI, private equity and hedge funds are very different. Most people who want to do private equity first go into I-banking. You will have no life for two years after you graduate if you go into I-Banking. For hedge funds, you can go the I-banking route or the equity research route. Either way, you first usually start out on the “sell side” (e.g. I-banking or equity research) and then go to the “Buy side” (e.g. private equity or hedge funds).</p>
<p>You should probably realize that the things you mentioned are very different.</p>
<p>Oh ya the other schools besides UNC are not giving me any aid since my family is pretty well off and I did not apply for aid. </p>
<p>I am also in the honors program at UNC and have received assured enrollment in their business school. The social life and sports there are also fantastic. I am therefore leaning towards UNC.</p>
<p>I just want to know whether UNC will provide me the opportunities to get on wallstreet with a solid job out of undergrad. Will it?</p>