ESCP BiM vs EDHEC Global BBA

Hi everyone, 

I'm an High School senior in France and I'll soon have to choose what I'll do next year.

I'm the top student of my high school and have a 4.0/4.0 GPA (moyenne générale 17,5-18), my majors are geopolitics and economics, I'm fluent in both French and English and hold B1 level in German.

I'd like to work in IB or PE in the future and I've secured and IB internship for this summer, I applied to both EDHEC global BBA (France, USA, Singapore) and ESCP bachelor in management (France, GB, Italy).

If I'm accepted for both of these programs, which one should I choose in order to do a great MiM/MiF in Europe (HEC, Bocconi, Oxbridge, INSEAD, IE, LBS, LSE, KCL) or a great Master program in the USA ?

I'm quite new to all of this and my knowledge of target schools in Europe is weak, please let me know any suggestions or remarks you have !

Thank you very much and thanks for reading

22 Comments
 

Agreed with the other comment. Either you go to a top international Uni like Bocconi or you do the classic French way by going to a classe prépa and getting to the MiM the traditional way. 

 

Avoid bachelor programs like the plague, you'll just lose money and time. If I were you I'd apply to prepa ECG (you have 20 choices, use them wisely: at least 4-5 safeties, 10 targets, 4-5 reaches) and Bocconi (idk if it's too late, you should check their website).
If you go to Prepa (it's going to be very hard), go with the "top 3 ou rien" mentality and work hard, doesn't matter if you're top 1 or last in class, you just need to improve at each exam. Stay organized, have a healthy life rythm (sleep early, do some physical activity, go out out with friends once or twice a month), and work asap on past exams. I can assure you you'll become a beast by the end of those strenuous two years if you can handle it.

 

Bro it's cap with a BBA of ESSEC/EDHEC or a BSc from ESCP u're good, only go to French prepa school if you have a good Parisian high school...

 

Given your results you will be accepted into both take the BSc from ESCP 3 years and more theoretical imo, PS I forgot last year to apply otherwise I would have been accepted despite my low grades in French I was 1st in "Maths" and "SES" : /

 

Bruh, how did you secure an IB internship for this summer before even starting uni ? 

Either it is a troll, or you are a crazy nepo hire

 

This whole conversation is a bit outdated imo. Bachelor’s degrees exist everywhere around the world.

France is the only country where studying in such programs is sometimes frowned upon. It’s only a matter of time until it isn’t anymore, simply because there are a lot of quality students coming out of those programs that are starting to place really well inside elite companies in elitist industries such as IB/PE or MBB consulting.

I believe that the classe prépa is always going to be a better choice for the intellectual types. However, I don’t think you should limit yourself by believing old-school mentalities on these finance forums. Check out LinkedIn, see where ESSEC/ESCP Bachelor graduates are, what % goes into finance ? How many go into IB ? Maybe contact a few of them. Then you can make you own choice based on facts. :)

 

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