Id like some input for helping me make my final decision.
I have been accepted to both Ivey and WBS. I am from Canada and my goal is to work in either NY or London (IB or capital markets). Which school has better reputation and allows me to find a decent starting job?
My concern with Warwick is that I would have to return to Canada after undergrad when my visa expires if I don’t have a sponsor that offers me a job. Then, I’d have no network in Toronto/Vancouver at all. But i also like Warwick’s opportunity for coop - in 3rd year I can work at GS/Barclays/jp morgan.
Ivey would definitely set you up for North America.
Warwick is great for London so if your goal is to work there it’s a good idea - Brexit means you’ll be on equal footing with Europeans, but many banks are thinking of moving to Ireland, Amsterdam, Berlin, or Paris. As such, Warwick becomes riskier. You should email them to ask about that situation, IE., their pull with banks if they leave the City.
Same as anybody else. Not very difficult if you have a college degree. (The US is pretty unique with the HB1 madness; most developed countries, even those with strict policies on immigration, want international college graduates to stabilize there.)
Right now, the UK is difficult for EU citizens who never had to go through any specific administrative process to move, study, or work there and now must prove what they did for the past ten, fifteen, or twenty five years - which of course most can’t do since who keeps a twenty year old paper trail…
The employer needs to be a Registered Sponsor, which only bigger employers are likely to be, and the ease of getting a work visa will depend to some degree on the tpe of job it is. The higher the skillset, the more lu=ikely it is.
OTOH, Canadians have an additional option, the Youth Mobility visa, which can last for up to two years and could allow you to work in a lower level job while looking for something working visa worthy. Or if you have recent UK ancestry there’s the Ancestry Visa.
^well, it’s relative to the situation in the US. It’s not as easy as if you’re European, obviously. But the odds getting a visa for a college graduate with a job offer in the UK (especially one with a Warwick degree and a job in the City) go from “very good” to “slamdunk”. In the US, it’s become virtually imposssible.
Anecdotal, but friend’s dad went to Ivey and made $500k-ish annually for 20 years. Immigrated from small Canada town to SF, then NY. 2008 recession hit him hard but he’s still doing pretty well. I’d say go to Ivey.
It’s got harder and harder over the past few years in the UK too. I’d agree that City firms are likely to be have the clout to get visas for whever they want, though. But of course the unknown impact of Brexit looms, too, and what is the situation today may not be the case by the time the OP graduates. They keep on changing immigration and visa legislation as it is.
But the odds getting a visa for a college graduate with a job offer in the UK (especially one with a Warwick degree and a job in the City) go from “very good” to “slamdunk”. In the US, it’s become virtually imposssible.