uni choices for ib

hello, iam currently in upper 6th (senior year for americans) and iam applying to uni this year. i have a few options in mind for my uni picks:

uk - lse finance or politics+economics, warwick intl management, cass banking and intl finance, ucl intl management and the last choice is tbd

us - nyu stern bpe, smu cox, notre dame mendoza

australia - usydney, monash, umelb, uadelaide and unsw

hk - hku ampb, hkust global business, city u global business

singapore - nus dual bba/llb

europe - ie dual bba/llb, erasmus intl business administration, leiden den haag economics, essec business

stats: AAAB predicted grades (business, math, politics and sociology) hk permanent resident and dual US and qatari citizen, also hold hksar passport 1340 sat score my girlfriend lives in australia so i would want to be close to her but still maximise my chances at ib

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If money is an issue, then I don't know how feasible the Australian options are going to be. They generally charge A$40-50k (about US$25-30k) p.a. for international undergrads and most scholarships that I have seen are domestic student-only. Add in living expenses and rent, and it gets very expensive.

The other factor is internships in Australia. Most banks will only offer internships for permanent residents or citizens due to employment laws so there's a chance that you won't be eligible.

 

With all due respect to a beautiful little town and fun (Dutch) student culture, Leiden is not the move considering OP’s objectives

 

Stern sounds like a solid choice. Then LSE.

IE brand is not high enough in London / NY.

Erasmus is good value for money

 

erasmus has probably the best value for money. But ofc LSE or a US school has a better brand name which helps in London/NYC

 

If dubai is your desired place to be, bite the bullet and go to a UK target school (ie. LSE). You can pair that with a target EU/UK masters if needed, for example french masters feed into Dubai regularly

 

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