<p>@aphalleon Are you serious? UCLA while i admit is by no means a bad school, i don’t think it is up to Imperials standard for sciences/engineering. We have to remember, although Imperial has much less funding, it is a specialist uni which means less subjects are offered and so less money is needed to run the uni. </p>
<p>I guarantee you, in the City of London, Imperial is a target whilst UCLA isn’t on wall street or city of london. If OP wants to have any decent shot at investment banking, then Imperial is a leap towards it.</p>