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LBS MFin
For emerging markets research, MIA is probably more relevant. For general sell side resarch, LBS MFIN may be better.
You seem to have pretty decent work experience. Why aren't you applying to top MBA programs like wharton/booth/columbia? Those will open way more doors at hedge funds and banks than the programs you got into.
What's your career goal? I don't know much about LBS MIF program, but SIPA is more for policy research at think tanks and NGO's like the world bank/IMF. It's not going to help you land a job at hedge funds.
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LBS MFin is much more prestigious and places much better. How the heck did you get in with a 2.7 GPA and 700 GMAT. Their average is 3.8 GPA and 730 GMAT.
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The problem with LBS Mif is that it is neither a quantitative degree nor a MBA. You do not come out with much and the School under-supports Mifs compared to MBAs. MBAs matter for rankings, MiFs for fees.... don't waste your money
I've heard that MFin at both LBS and LSE are not very highly regarded. I wonder how LBS MBA does with investment research/strategy, macro hedge fund, etc. I recently talked to a student who went to LBS even though he could have easily gone to a top U.S. program. He said for finance jobs in london, hong kong, singapore, even tokyo, LBS MBA is more highly regarded than any U.S. b-school except HBS and maybe wharton.
Gonna bump this thread. I've lately met quite a few people who are interested in macro and policy work who were choosing between MBA and public policy programs. Curious to see if others were in a similar spot and what drove their decision making process.
I would stay far far away from the LBS MBA, I know wayyy too many complete idiots that came out of that program. if you do an mba do it in the US at M7, unless you are american and want to work in the UK, then good luck of 2 years at LBS with complete morons (I mean that program has a GMAT avg below 700 wtf do u expect)
Really stunned that the caliber of students at LBS is so low.
Would you care to elaborate on why you think LBS MBA graduates are sub-par?
As for the OP's question, I can't see how a Masters in International Affairs will be more relevant to a finance/investment role than a Masters in Finance from LBS. Also, consider which country you want to be based in and have the ability to work in.
Its wrong to say LBS is sub-par. Outside the US its the best business school (MBA and MiF). Including US it sits under H/S/W, but competes with CBS, Booth, MIT, Kellogg - thats how all recruiting managers Ive spoke to see it. However, if you're an American it can sometimes be relatively easier to get into LBS than other M7 schools because so few yanks are willing to go abroad.
To OP in this case pick LBS MiF. If you were considering CBS MBA vs LBS MiF then thats a different question and potentially different answer.
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