UCL vs USC vs Georgetown vs Vanderbilt
Title says it all. I'm a US Citizen and while UCL is significantly cheaper, I want to know what's going to help me get a high finance career. I'd be open to staying in the UK for a couple of years.
Which one would you recommend?
Genuinely can't answer about UCL. Don't really know anything about London recruiting other than Oxbridge placing well obviously. So I'll answer in terms of US recruiting.
For East Coast I'd say Georgetown>Vandy>USC, whereas for West Coast USC>Georgetown>Vandy
USC has an amazing alumni network and will be an incredibly fun school to go to. If you're looking to do IB in Cali for sure choose USC. Vandy is also a really fun school, I'd say equally as fun as USC given its SEC status. And they do really good placement as a semi target, however Georgetown has better placement. I'm not sure what the social life is like at Georgetown but you'd probably have a better time at Vandy or USC. That being said, if I were in your shoes I'd choose Georgetown, but that's because I'd love to live in DC for 4 years and want to work in NY.