Do the risks of studying uni in the UK outweigh the risks of studying in the US as an international student from Asia

Going to US (Emory Goizueta, UNC Kenan Flagler, Georgia tech industrial engineering, UVA econ, UMichigan industrial engineering) or UK (LSE Finance, LSE Financial Math and Stats, Imperial Maths and Stats for Finance, UCL Econ and Stats) for undergrad uni education. I wanna work in finance industry probably as a real estate financial analyst. My ultimate goal is to work in the US (perhaps NYC). If I go with UK, i will have to work in London for roughly 3 years and transfer to NYC office. (I dont know is that prevalent and doable), but my probability of getting into more prestigious company increses because the schools i listed are pure targets. But if I go to US, there will be many other rivals from ivy or ivy plus unis so my chance of getting into regarded finance firm decreses, but at the end of the day, i may work in the NYC directly after college. which one do you think is better strategy considering prestiges of the universities and risks of the plans.

PS: i wanna work in the US finally because after approx. 6 years of white collar, I aim to launch my own real estate company or real estate fund in the US

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