Transfering to a target school from a semi-target for investment banking (undergraduate)

Hello,

I recently committed to Boston College to study finance. I applied ED because I liked the school and it was ranked high on US News. However, I did not know that I would be interested in investment banking. After my acceptance, I realized that Boston College is considered a semi-target for investment banking, which kind of upset me because I thought that Boston College was one of the best schools for every field in finance.

So, I am about to start my first year, but I am considering transferring to a target school such as Notre Dame, Georgetown, Cornell, or UPenn Wharton after my first year, so I would be starting as a sophomore at a target school (if I manage to be accepted). I feel that if I had applied regular decision, I perhaps would have been accepted to other target schools because my recommendations, grades, and extracurriculars were really strong. I was in the top 5% of my high school, had at least 5 leadership positions, ran a small environmental business and had a leadership position in a youth organization. I applied to Notre Dame and UPenn, but I withdrew after being accepted to Boston College.

However, I'm not sure if it’s really worth it, and that’s why I’m consulting this forum. Do you think it’s really worth it to transfer to get into investment banking? I’m certain that I want to get into investment banking, and I know that Boston College has a good finance program but is not too much represented amongst top investment banking firms. What do I do?

 

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