Help - Masters at Cambridge/Imperial vs Other

As an international student (Masters) should I go for Cambridge/Imperial or other top EU/UK colleges (top 100 QS Rankings).

I wanna work at BB/MM not particularly only in IB, (interested in CB, Trading, Quant Trading too).

Things to consider: Cost : 10-20k (or more) difference between top 10 college to top 100. Most importantly I wanna join one of BB or other EB/MM/Quant firms for above mentioned role.

The only thing of my concern is I will take a debt for Masters. So I hope at least to break even while working at one of these top firms.

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As you seem to be on here for a long time. Could you clarify this. Given I choose a master degree which is usually for 1 year with August/September 2023 intake.

Would I be required to apply for an internship or FT?

Given many firms ask for 2025 graduation for intern position and they hardly recruit for FT positions. What are my odd chances

 
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Depends. Some banks allow "final years" to apply to their internships. Some don't. Idk about trading firms or whatever (and fyi, if you wanted to do quant trading then an MFin is not the right masters). Some masters an internship isn't possible as an international anyway if the semester runs until after summer (because your visa doesn't allow you to work FT during term time). I don't know exactly which banks and which masters these are right now but this is all stuff to think about.

 

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