Best master in Finance pre experience
Good morning everyone,
I'm looking for an advice for a master in Finance (and I have no job experience)
I'm going to graduate in Economy and Management at Luiss (3 years bachelor), the best business school in Italy after Bocconi (even if in Italy are considered on par). I want to specialize myself in Finance, my first choice was Bocconi, which Is One of the best university in the world for finance. But searching on Google, forums, looking at the rating of financial times, I found lots of informations about european and American business schools (hec paris, London business school, London school of economics, oxbridge, MIT, wharton, Essec, Escp,...), but nobody was able to give me a clear answer: hec students say that their school is the best, lbs students say that hec is Better to work in France only but hec has less International recognition, American students say that their schools are the best to work in US, Escp students say that hec, Essec and Escp are on par while Essec students put hec on top, then Essec and Escp as last chioce,...
I want to work in Finance in the US mainly, but also a job in UK/Europe would be great (Imagine if i go to the US and I don't like my lifestyle there, I want to be able to move to Europe having excellent Job/career opportunity).
I expect the majority of you saying "study in the US if you want to work in the US", but the fees are very High and my family Is not Rich, they work really hard to give me these career opportunities, please consider also the fact that I would like to gain a scholarship or a student debt if possible.
Thank you in advance
LBS is great, but being a 1-year master you need to have some experience especially if you come from LUISS. Placement is incredible.
If you do HEC MiM with a gap-year and the majeure in finance, it will really be a great choice both in London and Milan.
Bocconi MSc Finance is great in placements, but the amount of studying is absurd. Some friends who were top formers during the BSc really struggled (6 exams out of 10 in the first year, they had to study all the summer with no possibility to do internships). If you want good grades, you need to study very hard. If you don't mind getting bad grade (like 23- 24 GPA), you can have time for internships. Some friends of mine from luiss got 110L in their BSc, first exam they got 20. So good luck.
LSE values academically a lot, so even if you do not have work experience but incredible grades, good essays, high gmat (700+) you can try. Placement is incredible in London.
Essec Mif is very well structured and easy to get in for an international. Being a 2 year programme, it is good in your situation.
Even if many students love the experience, ESCP has no selection for Italian students. Placement is quite good, but you have 1000+ people doing the same MSc. Most of the people got internships during first year through contacts. However, if you perform well and have a solid internship, during 2nd year you are able to achieve something good. I know that many people from Luiss go there, but there is no selection at all.
Probably a 2-year master is more suitable in your situation. HEC would be top choice.
Thank you for all these informations, It is very helpful
Isn't the Master in Financial Analysis of LBS a 2 years master?
Should I try to apply for an American university too? In my situation Is hec Better than MIT, wharton or other American university? American university are more expensive but I might get a scholarship
For LBS you can extend the graduation by paying a surplus fee so that you can apply for the summer internship. However, if you are not able to put an internship before applying under your belt it is almost impossible to get in. Never seen anyone without an internship get into LBS as they really value work experience. Every BS has its own criteria and LBS is probably the one in which essays and work experience are crucial (know people who got in having 25/30 of GPA with high GMAT). Maybe for the MiM at LBS, you can also do some volunteering in Africa, ECs that can boost your profile. Nonetheless, without work experience it is really tough.
Why would you do a european degree for an american job... will not work. ESCP two levels lower than HEC and ESSEC (french student here). Good luck
Which American university do you suggest?
Cannot help you unfortunately :( not a pro of US unis
As a current student at HEC Paris (MiF). I would not recommend it at all. Placement is pretty incredible but beyond that expect nothing less. infrastructures are from 1960's, they gym is shit. Teachers have no idea of what they are doing, most classes are mandatory, the curriculum is very narrowly framed. The slides provided are absolutely useless and the administration is french so it is self-explanatory. The campus us very far from Paris (1h30). I studied in HSG before and it was so much better in every way. I got scammed, don't make the same mistakes.
Prior starting at HEC, did you consider HSG MBF vs HEC MiF? If so, what made you lean more towards HEC?
I was also accepted to the MBF. There are 3 main reasons why I chose HEC:
1) The program is shorter 1 year vs 1 year and half
2) Ranking: Number 1 vs Number 6 at the time of the decision, now the MBF kind of collapsed a bit ranking wise
3) Discover a new university and most of all have access to a new network
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