Graduate school: USC or HKU?

I am a senior student preparing for graduate school application, and I am wondering which school is better for me (USC vs HKU). My goal is to seek for a job of investment banking in HK in the future.

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USC isn't prestigious and I can't imagine its name pulling any weight in HK. At least with HKU you get the benefit of locality. That's one of the more important factors now with IBD in HK as the city becomes more Chinese: being local, speaking Mandarin, having connections ('guanxi').

 

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