Big 4 Audit -> LSE -> Banking

I want to move to London.

I am an American senior accounting & finance major at a non-target state school. My cumulative GPA is 3.96. Currently I have an offer is with a Big 4 in audit as well as Teach for America. I don't want to spend very long at Big 4 and because I was pretty satisfied with accounting, I have done minimal networking. This year the only interview I could land for banking was with RBS. But they did not end up taking anyone from my school so I struck out.

As far as Teach for America goes, I don't know how passionate I am about teaching so they is pretty much out of the question.

I thinking about working at Big 4 audit for a year so I can take the GMAT and figure out transferring there. Also, I want to be back in NYC.

If I was able to get into LSE for the MSc Fin program, would I stand a decent chance at landing an IBD in London? Or would my audit experience forever taint me? I am also eligible to sit for the CPA after I graduate, should I sit for that?

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