<p>If you’re interested in finance, Princeton all the way. I-banking and top firms recruit heavily and almost exclusively from Princeton, Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Wharton, and to a lesser extent MIT and Williams. It’ll be very difficult to get in from a non HYPSM level school, let alone a lower tier Ivy or top school like Duke. Plus, Princeton’s econ and orfe depts are top notch.</p>
<p>I think 35-40% of Princeton grads work in the finance sector, more than H and Y which are 25-30%.</p>
<p>And yes the flexibility in what you study and your ability to work in finance post-Pton is certainly true. Tons of ppl major in whatever and then go into i-banking, consulting, etc.</p>