UVA or Washington and Lee

Uva places better

All things equal in terms of liking the schools, would go UVA - W&L is a solid school but has fewer alums and less placement into top BB/EB, believe they mostly send to MM. UVA is nearly a target and is incredibly well-respected on the street.

If you strongly prefer W&L as a school that is a legitimate reason to ED there though... 2,000 vs 18,000 students is a very different environment and if you will do best in the small school setting then just go there and network a bit more.

Imagine committing to one of the schools and think of how much you regret not going to the other.  Then repeat with the other school. W&L and UVA are very different, so you should go to the one where you'll be happier. 

UVA and W&L both place well, but I would argue a lot of the placement that comes out of W&L is largely based on nepotism and a very tight knit alumni base that "takes care" of its own. This means that your options out of W&L would be largely based on where you know people and who is willing to support you during recruitment. I know that UVA places a ton of kids into IB both from McIntire but also other quantitative majors like Econ, CS, etc. Some of these placements are EBs and BBs, with a lot of middle market placement as well. UVA also has pretty considerable placement directly into entry level byside roles at places like Alpine, GTCR, and others. 

All this is to say that I think you have a lot more optionality coming out of UVA than you would W&L, and if have very strong grades and network well, the sky is the limit at UVA in terms of placement. The alumni network at UVA is also very strong, and a lot larger than W&L's. 

Ultimately though, dont make your college decision based solely on where is going to get you the best out of undergrad job in IB. Go where you think you're going to be happiest and enjoy those 4 years at the most- All three of the schools you mentioned will get you into IB if that's what you want to do, but sacrificing your happiness going somewhere you don't love because of finance recruiting is short sighted imo. 

Had the exact same choice as you ended up going to W&L. For IB the nepotism part is a little overstated as alumni are willing to help our regardless of fraternity affiliation etc. Having had a ton of friends that went to UVA I think it’s marginally easier to stand out during recruitment given it’s a smaller school. Also a huge plus is that there is no application for the Williams school so there’s less stress than applying to Mcintire. W&L is also way more fun imo but depends on if you’re a fan of greek life or not

As someone from the VA area and very familiar with both schools, everyone is missing the main difference in these schools. UVA at the comm school is very hard to stand out... basically impossible unless youre a genius. You are competing with over 500+ kids in the UVA atmosphere a year that want to go for IB. UVA only places better because they have more people there. W&L carries its own weight as a prestigious liberal arts focused college and with less than 2,000 students in the broader student body, its easier to stand out as a semi decent student. Both have strong networks, considering W&L has a small business school, they more than carry their weight.