UCL vs Warwick
I've got offers from both schools and I was wondering if there is any difference in recruiting between the two unis.
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UCL - location advantage + recognition internationally
I went to one of the two, and had an offer for the other. Both are good schools and made it to IB, and pretty sure I would have made it from the other school too.
Pick based on where you live (lifestyle will be completely different), costs (london is incredibly more expensive), quality/interest in your course but not based on IB prospects, both will position you very well.
And before you/someone asks, I will not answer which one I went to and why - everyone has makes personal decisions.
Short answer: not a huge amount of difference. Both will serve you well and I'd suggest the course should play a bigger role here in your choice than the university.
UCL does have more alumni in FO banking, but I've heard (and numbers would support this) that Warwick actually has had proportionately better placement in recent years. There's definitely more people gunning for it at UCL, so more people to talk to, easier to get involved in societies (which appear very good), but probably more competitive - whereas Warwick is meant to be a bit more collaborative for recruiting. UCL does have an advantage of being in London, but aside from a few dinners (especially those joint with LSE and Imperial) most firms visit both campuses anyway. Warwick is in a very nothing place, some people love it, some people hate it - but it will definitely be cheaper than London. UCL will have a more diverse range of students, both by subject and international background, if that matters.
One slight caveat to my answer. Outside of finance/STEM, UCL is perceived as far more prestigious than Warwick and is actually known outside the UK. Even for MBB consulting, UCL confers quite a significant advantage over Warwick - which will be treated as "another good RG university." Warwick is also criminally underrated by the layman, so to speak, but whether that matters is a question only you can answer.
Thanks so much for your reply!
1. I like both courses so thats not a big deal for me
2. Do you have any links which show the difference in placement between Warwick and UCL? The only one I was able to find was for the 2017 analyst class
If the course is the same - and it's not something engineering/maths - I'd lean towards UCL to be honest. My better relative/proportional placement comment is quite anecdotal (analyst classes I'm aware of etc.) but you can also have a play around with LinkedIn - while remembering that UCL is a much bigger university than Warwick and there's less people gunning for IB at the latter anyway. I think this might be a case of people who make the effort to recruit from Warwick tend to be better prepared, whereas it's a lot more common for people to "throw in" an app from UCL. However, there's some banks that basically don't treat Warwick as a proper target (more of a 3/4 target) so for maximum optionality, UCL might be better anyway.
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