LSE or Cass to break into IB as a Master's student

Hello all,

I am a student trying to break into investment banking as a Master's student. However, I cannot decide where to go in order to optimize my chances. Currently, I have an offer from Cass Business School for a Master's in Finance degree as well as an offer from LSE for political economics.

The Cass program is tailored better for IB obviously and is more interesting to me, but LSE is a better brand. Does anyone have any input on this? How likely am I to have a chance at IB roles whilst studying irrelevant master's program for the most part.

Thanks!

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