<p>Hi, I'm originally from Kennesaw and graduated from Harrison in 2011, if anyone knows where I'm talking about. After I got out of highschool, I spent 3 years in Japan studying Japanese at the University of Tokyo and now I'm back in the states. I trying to decide between TUJ and UGA, and the main factor inhibiting my decision right now is the career and internship prospect concerning finance at UGA. Most banks (GSachs, JPM, Deutsche, etc.) actually send recruiters to TUJ because of it's location in Tokyo and because of the high amount of bilinguals. In the US though, I heard they only send them to target universities. On another hand, UGA is ranked higher than TUJ, it's a research institution, and I can go there practically for free. I'm already applied and excepted to TUJ, but I'm having second thoughts. Has anyone here gone onto banking from UGA, or know anyone that has?</p>
<p>One of my friends was an accounting/finance double major at UGA. He graduated with a 3.4 GPA and landed a job starting at 77k a year. His friends were also in similar positions. UGA’s business programs are extremely competitive (not guaranteed admission even if you were admitted to the school) so as long as you have relevant experience (internship…) you’ll land a job pretty easily, not even with the same company. I don’t know a single person in that program who is jobless. </p>
<p>I cannot speak of TUJ. However, if you want a more international experience relevant to asia that may be the place to go. </p>
<p>If you’re bilingual, you can step up your game to international companies. That’s true whether you go to UGA or TUJ. You sound like a very motivated person, you’ll be successful no matter where you go. </p>
<p>I was leaning toward going to Tokyo because the student body at TUJ is smaller meaning less competition, and the job market for bilinguals is a lot larger. But my main concern now is money. I can go to UGA for a lot less via the HOPE scholarship. </p>