Advice on Choosing Where to Go for Exchange

Hello all,

I live in New Zealand, and have just found out I've been accepted into my university's exchange program. I have to choose a ranked list of 6 universities that I would be happy to attend, either for a full year, or a semester each at 2 different ones.

What I'm wondering is, how I can best choose my list, with the goal of it increasing my chances of eventually getting a good investment banking job? I understand that an exchange won't play a huge role in reaching this goal, but I might as well choose as best as I can.

I've gone through a few lists online for target schools in both Europe and North America, and have made a list of universities that have been mentioned that are options for me.

I'm wondering if anyone has any advice on what universities I should include on my list, and how I should rank them? I assume that most people here may only know about North American schools, so even if that is the case, I would greatly appreciate any advice on the few of them that I have included in my list (even if they're not highly desirable, it's better than nothing).

Here is the list that I have compiled:

USA: - UC Berkeley - UC San Diego - UC Los Angeles - Boston College - University of Texas at Austin - University of Texas, McCombs School of Business - University of Virginia - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - University of North Carolina, Kenan-Flagler School of Business

Canada: University of Toronto McGill University Western University, Richard Ivey School of Business York University, Schulich School of Business Queens University

Europe: - Universität St Gallen - Universita Commerciale Luigi Bocconi - ESADE - Stockholm School of Economics - Grenoble Ecole de Management - Université Grenoble Alpes

Thanks in advance and sorry for the horribly long post.

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