Rice vs. UVA for Breaking into IB

@Mystics and @Mwfan1921 great posts! I entirely agree with your annalysis and conclusions. I will try to avoid being repetitive.

You have been admitted to UVA but not McIntire. Traditionally non M UVA students had been at a moderate disadvantage for full time jobs but given the prior time line all students were on equal footing for summer internships. Now that M’s program is a full 3 years those distinctions will become more pronounced making UVA for IB riskier in my opinion. Hi risk and high potential reward but why take the risk with a great alternative option.

Rice on the other hand will just now start to see the full benefits of investing in their business programs while their IB alumni network will ramp up quickly. Rice is a world class institution that appears totally committed to becoming an IB feeder and is putting their money where their mouth is. A further possible advantage for Rice you may want to explore is the availability of internships in the Houston area. Every bank I can think of has a Houston office giving Rice a geographic advantage.

I would caution you not to use prior placement data in making your decision for these two schools at this time.

As mentioned, Rice’s program is relatively new and just starting to place graduates and UVA just changed the time line for McIntire.

Given the unique, idiosyncratic and ever changing nature of IB recruiting please carefully consider the level of expertise and first hand experience of the sources of information you base your decisions upon.

Good luck and congratulations!! Here is an IB dedicated AMA that might be of interest.

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