Seeing recent threads about HEC absolutely destroying LBS in placement this year. Only downside the LBS kids have as a rebuttal is about it being harder to get sponsorship at HEC than at LBS.
As someone who does not require sponsorship, would going to HEC be the clear better choice?
Talking about their respective MiF/MFA/MIM courses of course.
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The only reason for why their placement is "better" is because the course is structured in a way where students can apply for internship for 2-4 years. If you re-apply every year, chances are you will get something whilst at LBS you have one shot
yeah you can't compare the MIM after classe préparatoires with the MFA at LBS, students doing the MIM take a gap year to do 2 OCs and then usually have another OC at the end of their final year so for those targeting London (most actually stay in Paris) they have more shots and are usually more competitive with more experience (plus they all speak French so it's an edge considering how banks seem to favor candidates with Euro languages abilities).
also asking this - except as an English speaker only. are my options outside of London handicapped? I’m an EU/Canadian dual citizen so I can work in London basically without sponsorship (uk grad visa + work holiday as Canadian) but would not be opposed to working in Europe mainland.
Have a decent competitive profile (UK semi, 2 LMM IB, 1 MM PE, 1 Small HF, 1 Small VC) and strongly considering HEC but don’t want to screw myself over.
Any thoughts appreciated
Well tbh very hard to work in France if you do not speak the language, even coming from HEC (and again even if you are at HEC when doing the MIF you are against MIM students who are better viewed by companies because they went to classe préparatoire before and it's considered more prestigious, France is kinda of elitist in some ways), but could totally go for the MIF and aim at London tho
So if I am an English-only speaker with uk citizenship then doing the MiM would be overkill for targeting London rules, but doing the MiF will likely give me a better placement than LBS/LSE/Oxford students? Shouldn't HEC MiF be the obvious Number 1 option for most UK students considering that it's 10-20k GBP Cheaper than all the other options? I guess if u already live in London LBS AND LSE would be a similar overall cost, but if you don't then you are just paying way more.
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