Canadian vs US Undergrad
Hello the wise chimps of WSO, me here to hopefully seek out some advice on undergrad schools.
So the choices are between Boston College (BC), University of Southern California (USC), and University of British Columbia (UBC).
A bit of background of myself. I finished two years of school at Loyola Chicago and am preparing to finish the rest of my undergrad career at one of the mentioned school. I am Canadian, currently doing an internship at a boutique IB at Vancouver. Although I've dug deep into finance, I am still searching for my passion.
Here are some things about each school:
UBC: MUCH cheaper then US schools, comp sci/finance combined degree
BC: close to New York, only finance
USC: trojan network, only finance
Now to the question: if you were in my place, where would you go? Going for the economic choice (UBC) and grind out the network later on, or go straight to US hoping that some company will sponsor you?
USC is quite heavy on the pocket since its a private school. If finances aren't that big of an issue, I would go to USC. It is a fantastic school and very well reputed in the US. Many BBs in cali hire from USC. California has fantastic weather compared to Boston or UBC but since you are a canadian you probably are used to that weather. Also tax in California is really high.
At the end of the day it depends on where you want to settle. If you want to settle in Canada, by all means take UBC. But in the US they prefer their own schools after which they go for schools outside the US. I am not really sure about boston college so i won't be able to advice. Personally, although its near to NYC, i doubt you'll get as good shot at wallstreet as you might think simply because there lots of target schools like NYU, Wharton, Harvard etc
P.S. My close friend is going to USC Marshall for Business Admin and is planning to major in finance and he knows a few students there in senior year. Just pm me if you want me to get some info from him.
Good luck in your future! :)
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