UCLA or UCL or McGill or Warwick or King's...

<p>Hello! I have a little trouble deciding which to attend so please help me out!</p>

<p>I was admitted by </p>

<p>UCLA (Pre-econ)
Univeristy College London (economics)
McGill University (Bcommerce)
University of Warwick (Econ)
King's College (business)</p>

<p>So put the tuition and costs aside....I plan to go into iBanking in the future
and I don't care whether the location be in the US, in Europe, or in Asia.</p>

<p>I am seriously having trouble deciding where to attend.....and since I live in Asia, I have no means of knowing the reputation of those schools in the local areas. I am simply asking which school would you attend if you were in my position?</p>

<p>Right now, my feeling is more like
1. UCL
2. UCLA or McGill (I'll probably end up going to one of these)
4. Warwick
5. King's</p>

<p>Though I probably will struggle obtaining the IB score of 38 required by UCL so it would be great if you can list them in order and put a little explanation. </p>

<p>Thank you !!</p>

<p>and btw does anyone know if UCLA gives financial aid to sophomores intls?</p>

<p>again thank you all!</p>

<p>I don't know abt UCLA particularly, but most universities give scholarships to internationals from sophomore year- but for that u have to have a great GPA and be on the deans list or its equivalent.</p>

<p>Academically I'd go to Warwicks- their econ is really very good.</p>

<p>but then UCLA is well ranked and is in California!</p>

<p>Tough call.</p>

<p>Westwood is very tempting but the cost performance is quite poor in my opinion....44k a year....
But if I can expect a decent financial aid after freshman year then I love to attend UCLA! so if anyone knows about the financial aid in UCLA please help me out!</p>

<p>I didn't know Warwick Econ's reputation is that good....hmm. I suppose maybe I should place it above UCLA and McGill.....??</p>

<p>UCL if you want to be in london and closer to a lot of ibanking</p>

<p>I thought KIng's had a higher rep than Warwick???</p>

<p>I would think Warwick. Great campus. an hour from London by train. For IB it ranks around 4th or 5th in the UK. However, Mcgill would also come close.</p>

<p>I can't tell you where to go but I think I can tell you where not to go and that would be Mcgill. Their BCommerce program sucks and is very under funded</p>

<p>hey thanks for answering</p>

<p>tanveer149</p>

<p>With all due respect, can you tell me where you hear that McGill's Bcommerce sucks? I just wanna know</p>

<p>Isn't UCL pretty famous for econ? their min requirement for economics is higher than LSE's.......... 38 vs 37</p>

<p>its a well known fact that McGill's school of management is second tier in Canada ask any Canadian...their program is not even comparable to the other unis you have on your list</p>

<p>Desautels commerce isn't bad at all. Although maybe it's a bit below Sauder (UBC) and Queen's business school, I'd say its still considered first tier in Canada. Montreal is an amazing city, and I think McGill is a solid choice for anyone.</p>

<p>i think it boils down to UCLA vs UCL....really depends on what u're looking for</p>

<p>UCL - 3 years, more academic experience
UCLA - 4 years, a more holistic experience, less vocational, better for grad school in US</p>

<p>For academic reasons....I would go for UCL or Warwick...but studying in the UK is not that fun...</p>

<p>Although Mcgill is a great university, they're not known for their business-ish programs. They're know for science medicine dentistry engineering etc etc. for canada, UoT (university of Toronto) or Queens are the best for commerce/business type programs. Mcgill and Queens often battle it out for position as top schools in Canada. </p>

<p>ALSO, I would advise you to rethink UCLA. Not because it's a bad school, it's great, but all UC schools are hard to get in for out of state students, let alone international students. last time I checked, their international acceptance rate was 3%, 9% out of state or something like that. I know it's annoying, I wanted to apply to two UC schools until I found out they had a huge preference for in state students. Apply if you think you're strong. I myself am rethinking putting UC colleges on my list.</p>

<p>Your best bet here would be Warwick, that is, if you want to get into IB. Warwick is one of the top 4 schools for IB in the UK. LSE and Oxbridge being the other three.</p>

<p>You guys realize that the OP would have decided by now right? :)</p>

<p>Id say warwick.</p>

<p>Considering you really want to go into Ibanking, the best options you have are surely either Warwick and UCL. Mcgill wont give you a great shot at I banking, nor would UCLA. Between UCL and Warwick i would go to Warwick only because of the better student life.</p>

<p>I am not sure about IB but I guess UCL is slightly(!!!) more prestigious than Warwick in overall.</p>

<p>^ maybe for overall, but not for IB. Warwick is just right alongside Oxbridge when it comes to IB opportunities. It's a targe school or IB in the UK and Europe.</p>

<p>Juliushark: where did you get that information about the acceptance rate for internationals?
I can't believe I would be in that 3% lol....</p>