Hypothetical Scenario: MM IBD offer or Top tier masters admission?

Just a hypothetical scenario here, which would you choose out of:

1) Offer to work M&A at a mid level MM bank - probably somewhere inbetween HLHZ and Raymond James or 2) Top tier MSc Financial Computing at UCL who partner with Goldman, CS, Morgan Stanley etc?

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two different paths...if you want to work in ibd go for 1..if you are more inclined towards the technology side go for 2..its a good progamme

 

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