difference between City and Cass????

If you do come to Cass Undergraduate you largely get taught at the City university building (Northampton Square), but if you're a Cass postgrad all your lessons will be at the Cass building (Bunhill Row). The Cass building is 9000 times sexier than the City building. We dont get taught there, but we can still go there whenever we want. Also, all the cool events like investment bank visits, famous economist speeches etc all happen at the Cass building.

Do not use the Russell Group as a measure of prestige. Some of the unis on that list aren't very prestigious at all, and definitely wouldn't outrank Cass if you're looking to break into banking. Look for the "Top 20 unis for IB" thread on TSR. I went to a BOAML event just last week so I can testify that the uni bias is very real. There were 70 people at the event and every single one of them was from a uni on that list. Where it says "City undergrad" it doesnt mean Cass undegrad. After attending numerous interviews/ACs, talking to banks' HR departments and using interpolation, I'd say Cass undergrad ranks around 10/11th on the list. Cass is basically the only reason IBs come within 50 metres of City. A lot of big names visit: GS, MS, CS, DB, BarCap BNPP etc, and you can definitely make it into a FO Top Tier role from Cass - I've met numerous Cass alumni at GS, MS, JPM etc.

What are your other choices?