(PLEASE HELP) Undergrad Choices: Oxford vs LSE vs UWO (AEO Status)

LSE or Oxford.

My two cents are this:

You could very easily work at one of the top BB/EB banks in london FT and lateral to their NY office after two years if you are set on coming back to the US.

If you don't want to be in London FT at all, then the caliber of those schools should still give you a foot in the door at the most prestigious firms in NY. People on here claim LSE/Oxford aren't good for Wall Street, but if you can't get an offer after going to either one of those schools than that is entirely your fault. You might have to network a bit more than the usual target, but you are still better off than basically any non-target.

would prefer Oxford/LSE if I was in your shoe, because unemployment could make you a bigger liability. Ivey is one of the few canadian b-schools that places well in Wall Street though, I heard.

hope you do consider downside scenarios though - if you don't like Europe, blah blah, also it seems like you'll fly between UK and Canada often with LSE/Oxford so the tickets can be a dent too. (if money wasn't a problem, I would at least get some years in LSE/Oxford regardless)

Oxford PPE. But it's harder to get a first.

I would say Oxford over LSE. LSE has very good name recognition in finance, as good Oxford even I think, but Oxford crushes it in other fields (recognition wise).

OXford or LSE. Not sure about cost of living at Oxford but I know living in London is REALLY expensive, so if money is an issue, Oxford makes sense.

Oxford. Nuff Said. Most recognizable school on the planet.

I go to Oxford, but not as an undergraduate. I'm doing an MSc in drug development and pursuing an MD/MBA in the United States, after.

So, as far as your situation goes, and since running for academic officer at my college, attending all of our career fairs, and being familiar with undergrad prestige as it relates to job placement/graduate school opportunities having attended UCLA, I'd advise you to come here because, simply, the Oxford name opens doors. It has brand recognition in the US and Canada, and that's what really matters. You'll also be forced to work hard for decent grades here, unlike in the Ivy leagues or at private colleges/less competitive public schools that either inflate grades or aren't that competitive to begin with, respectively; therefore, your education will actually be worth something (and in a good area/not junky liberal arts) so it won't just be a stepping stone to one of the jobs Harvard/Stanford alumni tend to land after graduating.

If you do come here, though, you'll understand that there's a big difference between the people you see in town versus who you see in the colleges and in various well known departments. So, if you visit, don't decide not to come here because the people you see around here are kind of plain/dingy looking.