Babson college and UCLA and Warwick for Finance

College Search & Selection
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Hi guys, I have gotten into Babson, UCLA, and Warwick, but I am not sure which one of these three are better.

Babson is on the east coast is small but has a lot of resources.
UCLA is on the west coast and is a huge school.
Warwick is in UK.

I ultimately want to end up at a top Wall Street job. At the moment I am leaning towards Babson but am worried that it’s lack of reputation will hold me back at Wall Street. Does UCLA give me a better chance to get into a better masters and a better job?

Thanks.

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Babson gives you a better chance at what you want.
Warwick is great for the City (London).

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UCLA’s Anderson school of management is only a graduate school isn’t it? Babson tends to emphasize entrepreneurship more than the other concentrations but it seems like their graduates have good job placement.

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I don’t think UCLA has finance as an undergraduate major.

If you are comparing a economics major at UCLA to a finance major at Babson then you should know that they are different paths. Once is not better or worse than the other but they are different. Economics is a liberal arts course of study and it gets very theoretical at the higher levels. At an undergraduate b-school students take a business core curriculum to include subjects such as accounting, finance, IT etc. and then will major in one of those disciplines. If you are comparing economics and a b-school I would look up the curriculum for the two majors (can be done online) and see if one is more appealing to you.

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Could there be three more different colleges?

What exactly is a “top Wall Street job”?

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I assume as a potential financier that you have determined that each school is affordable.

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@Chardo Bulge bracker firms firms are usually considered top Wall Street jobs as they are highly coveted.

@TomSrOfBoston yeah, all schools are within my budget.

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The straight answer is that none of those schools will land you that elite Wall Street job. If you’re not coming from an Ivy or other elite, you’ll have an uphill battle.