France : Choice of Master's degree and probability of admission

Hi everyone! I'm currently trying to select which Master's degree to apply to.
My goal is to get into midcap M&A boutique or PE.
My profile:
Bachelor's in Business Adminsitration from EDHEC Business School.
Around 3.2 GPA (not 100% sure about the conversion but it seems correct ~12.35/20)
3 months internship in Company valuation in a fintech & 6 months internship in a Midcap M&A boutique in Germany (Munich).
Another 6 months internship in a Midcap M&A (maybe Alantra,Avolta Partners, EdR, Hottinguer…) before starting my Master.
Head of Sponsorship of my student office, a bit of volunteering on the side (Founder of a charity).
The programs I am currently considering are:
- Sorbonne’s Master finance or Master Management Financier/stratégique
- Dauphine’s Master 224 / Master 268 / Master 225
- Sciences Po Paris’s Master Finance et stratégie
- Sciences Po Strasbourg’s Master Corporate Strategy & Finance
- Sciences Po Strasbourg’s Master finance d’entreprise et pratique des marchés financiers
- HEC Lausanne’s Corporate Finance
Thanks everyone for responding !

 

Science Po F&S and Dauphine 225 place very well in top Parisian boutiques (Messier, Rothschild, Lazard, etc) and PE funds (Capza, Naxicap, Blackfin etc). But if you want to go to London, I would highly recommend UK Masters (LBS/LSE/Imperial)

 

Agreed with the above, I would target Dauphine 225 and ScPo FinStrat from your list. Maybe worth applying to Masters in Finance at HEC/ESCP ?

FYI, my school (French target) translates 12.35 to a 3.2/4.0 GPA. Hope that helps and feel free to PM for if needed

 

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