USC vs Santa Clara

For undergrad, do you guys think that SCU (Santa Clara) or USC will give me a better chance for ib recruiting on the west coast? I know USC is a bigger name school, but SCU is in SF, which supposedly has more opportunities than LA, which should give it a location advantage. which do u guys think is ultimately better for ib recruiting?

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I go to usc. This is correct. We are definitely third in the west coast school rankings for banking, and probably second overall in pure placement numbers because Stanford is much smaller and everyone does CS

 

Def USC as it is a semi target w a ton of alum in West Coast banking.

SCU is a good school but has only a handful of alum

 

I have been hearing more about SCU lately. I think it's a reputable non target like ASU, so if you grind you most likely will get offers from EB and maybe even BB.

 

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