International Career Switcher - Which school for IB?

I have been admitted to Darden (zero scholarship), Anderson (60k scholarship), and McCombs (30k scholarship).

As a career switcher having spent  most of my time in CPG and Management Consulting, my first priority would be the strength of IB recruiting and preparation at the school, and then maybe scholarships (I'm still trying to negotiate more money out of all these schools). And given that I would need sponsorship since I'm an international candidate, BBs would be my main targets with a handful of EBs that sponsor.

have gone through the publicly available employment reports for all these schools, and prima facie, it appears that Darden is the strongest for IB, but I would welcome specific and nuanced inputs here from people who have spent multiple years in IB.

So good folks, what advice would you share with this greenhorn?

 

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