Best schools if undecided between finance/tech...

Wondering if anyone had any insights into which schools will serve you the best if you are undecided between finance (IB mostly) and tech (FAANG)? Just from scrolling around Linkedin, I came up with a list of a few schools that have strong representation in both industries- its hard of course though because some schools have 5000 people and some have 20,000. I am near the top (10%) of my ok private HS class, have 35 on the ACT, and pretty good ECs so I think I hopefully can contend for most of the schools?... When I do have to eventually choose, career prospects will not be the main priority (location, college experience, prestige will be more important)- still think I should come in informed. no legacy btw

Thoughts on these schools for placement into tech/finance combined...

Harvard Stanford Pennsylvania U Berkeley USC CMU MIT UCLA London School of Econ Georgetown Uni of Washington

Are these good Safeties- Rutgers, SDSU, UT, Uconn,

Any advice helps, thanks :)

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My recs (not ordered) - assuming finance = non-quant and tech = product. 

US

  • Stanford
  • Berkeley / Haas
  • MIT
  • UCLA
  • USC / Marshall
  • Duke
  • Northwestern
  • Columbia
  • Harvard
  • Penn / Wharton 
  • UIUC / Gies
  • CMU / Tepper
  • Cornell / Dyson
  • Yale
  • Princeton
  • Brown
  • NYU / Stern
  • UT-Austin / McCombs
  • UNC-CH / Kenan Flagler
  • UMich / Ross
  • Claremont McKenna

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