<p>Oh, I didn’t really elaborate in my OP. </p>
<p>Penn was one of my top choices applying out of high school and I would really like to apply again. Like the school, location, vibe, opportunities, etc… But I am not sure which school I should try for, W or CAS. Obviously as a finance major who wants to work in NYC, Wharton would be awesome. But I’m trying to be realistic and know my chances aren’t great at W, albeit that aren’t really that much better at CAS. </p>
<p>But I am thinking about other schools. However, there is a catch. 'Rents have aggreed to fund a generous portion of my education, enough to cover in-state costs with me working and getting a scholarship or two in order to avoid taking out loans. </p>
<p>I got into a couple schools like USC, with pretty generous FA. But for USC my family EFC was nearly 2.5x what my parents said they would pay. Kinda mentioned that in my OP, but I talk more about it in my other thread on the transfer forum. </p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/transfer-students/1148398-want-work-finance-but-need-lot-financial-aid.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/transfer-students/1148398-want-work-finance-but-need-lot-financial-aid.html</a></p>
<p>It is kind of complicated and a lot of things will certainly have to fall into place for me to be able to transfer since I need to transfer to a top top top top school with a big big big big endowment because I am going to need good money. (But I am still willing to take out loans, but not crushing $60-80k debt like I would a some schools). So no easy task. Plus it would kind of suck starting over socially and I’ll be behind since most people at the school will have been together for a year. </p>
<p>So for now I am content staying at OSU and rooting for the soon to be sanctioned and bowl banned Buckeyes!</p>
<p>But anyways, schools on my shortlist that I would like to apply to as a transfer are:</p>
<p>Penn (which school though haha)
Columbia
Dartmouth
Yale (about as good of a shot as Wharton haha)
Northwestern</p>
<p>so I could easily end up getting rejected by all four of those schools</p>
<p>Also thinking about applying for NROTC again and will apply for AROTC this time (didn’t finsh AROTC app in high school)
Though it is really tricky to transfer ROTC scholarships and could get hairy.
It would also solve my career dilemma, hahaha I’d either be a 2nd LT or Ensign depending on branch after graduation. End goal is going to a good MBA program and the GI Bill is sweet and some of Yellow Ribbon schools are just amazing (Dartmouth is really good to vets). </p>
<p>So that would open up my list again, to the likes of USC, UVa, Georgetown, and maybe a few more. But this wouldn’t really matter as much since…well my career is mapped out for me for at least five years haha.</p>
<p>so there it is. kind of complicated so I am happy and content staying at Ohio State. Not impossible to break into Wall Street from there but I definitely have my work cut out for me.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>