IE vs Exeter: Shouldn't IE Be the Clear Winner for IB?

I have several university options, but one comparison genuinely confuses me.

My goal is BB/EB IBPE, and I'm only looking at how much the university's brand actually helps in recruiting.

I already have pre-university IB experience, finance projects, and don't mind networking or building my CV myself, so I'm not asking which school carries a lazy student better. I'm asking which one gives an ambitious student the stronger platform.

Here's what doesn't make sense to me:

IE is consistently ranked around Top 20 globally for Business & Management, while Exeter is around #150 globally overall. Yet whenever I ask people (and even AI) they keep putting IE and Exeter surprisingly close for undergraduate IB recruiting because Exeter is embedded in the UK recruiting pipeline.

Am I overestimating IE's undergraduate brand, or is Exeter's pipeline just stronger than I thought?

If your only objective was maximizing your chances of BB level recruiting, which would you pick, and why?

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  1. Must everything be written in ChatGPT these days
  2. Global rankings are virtually meaningless
  3. No matter if IE is a better school holistically or domestically, it has to step down a rung because it's a) in Spain which is basically perceived as a second world country and b) not in the UK which means any UK IB seats are limited. London banks don't hire unlimited people from Spanish unis. In reality only a few get a chance. The same is broadly true for Exeter or semi targets (although Exeter is one of the worse semi targets)
 

nutmegger189:

  1. Must everything be written in ChatGPT these days
  2. Global rankings are virtually meaningless
  3. No matter if IE is a better school holistically or domestically, it has to step down a rung because it's a) in Spain which is basically perceived as a second world country and b) not in the UK which means any UK IB seats are limited. London banks don't hire unlimited people from Spanish unis. In reality only a few get a chance. The same is broadly true for Exeter or semi targets (although Exeter is one of the worse semi targets)


Not sure what is supposed to be written in Chatgpt here…

 

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