Skills VS Reputation for trading in London

[hotdeaths]

Traditional finance (IB) is very picky on where you studied. Most people come from the big 6 UK 'targets'.

I recently choose the LSE (studying Maths with Data Science) over Warwick (Maths).

I understand the reputation of the LSE for maths is much less renowned than Warwick, primarily as the LSE is very applied (not much pure, NO mechanics) - will this negatively effect my chances of obtaining an interview, or is the process generally more meritocratic?

 

[quantsam]

Brand matters the most of S&T so I would go with LSE. Skills + brand matter for quant, in that case Warwick might be more helpful as it would be more rigorous (although you would need to do a masters anyway so going with LSE might make it easier to get better grades and get into a top program). Mechanics is irrelevant for trading and quant in general.