UCLA Business Economics, Richard Ivey HBA, or UCL Information Management for Business, for undergraduate study?
I'm currently torn between three schools that I have been accepted to: UCLA biz/econ, Richard Ivey HBA, or UCL information management for business. I am planning to pursue a career in the finance sector, currently looking into IB or hedge funds, and was wondering which of the listed schools would give the best opportunity for acceptance into a BB or possibly a tech giant.
UCLA Biz/econ:
From what I've heard the majority become accountants which does not interest me (even if for the Big 4). Is in IB (preferably at a BB) likely or possible with a biz/econ degree? Does the program along with internships and an overall developed CV yield any other finance related occupations aside from IB and accounting?
UCL Information Management for Business:
I know very little about UCL business in general, but based on rankings it is quite low. Would the name of UCL carry any significance if I come to look for a job in the States? Even in London, would the program yield IB potential at any well recognized firm? I have found little information on this course so anything would help.
Richard Ivey HBA
How does the business program in Canada compare to programs in the States? More specifically UCLA Biz/econ. I am considering attending Ivey but have found little comparison to schools outside of Canada, and am wondering if the opportunities offered would be better at UCLA or even UCL.
Overall, the conflict remains between UCLA, UCL and Richard Ivey. Being located at different business centers throughout the world, any comparison would be appreciated.
UCLA. Well respected school - target school for Westcoast, without a doubt. Sure it's not Stanford, it's not Cal - Berkeley, but in the powerful, huge state of California being number 3 still equates to a lot.
Even as a biz/econ undergrad, will I be fine when competing along Cal and USC students, both of which sport their own distinct business schools? I would not be worried if I were to go into accounting, but that is a job I seriously do not want. Assuming I get a number of internships and a good CV, is the potential IB career still present as a biz/econ undergrad?
Like I said it's California. Plenty of opportunities. USC is a good school - in fact a top 25 US school, but I think the consensus view is that UCLA is better. Plus Westwood > LA downtown
Berkeley would be ideal but so hard to get in. UCLA, and to a slightly lesser extent USC, will do the job.
Compare this with clubs from your other schools. You also posted in the consulting forum, not IB.
These are all vastly different schools geographically (and thus will place very differently). Also, if you're interested in finance why are you posting on the MC forum?
UCL is a target for MBB / T2 consultancies as well as all IBs in London. The IMB program runs under newly established School of Management (before it was just a department under faculty of engineering) and UCL is investing heavily into the school. Namely, most of the graduate classes are held in new lecture halls in Canary Wharf and the school has already established a close collaboration with Level 39 (startup hub / incubator). I think that most of the undergrad classes will be at Bloomsbury campus - which is good, as it is easily the best uni campus in London.
The networking events are quite good as well (based on my experience as a grad student). The faculty is very good, as well as the quality of lectures. SoM is led by Bert De Reyck, who I found to be a very capable guy with a ton of motivation, so I'd say that the school has a bright future ahead.
That being said, UCLA is a cool place and its in Cali ... which is obviously a vastly different experience compared to London, so being in your shoes, I would decide more based on preferred geography than prestige. UCL for sure doesn't have a significant presence in business or finance in USA.
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