-- Just realised the title was wrong, LSE Accounting & Finance Vs. Imperial F&A
Hi all, pretty happy about the results with my admissions, and it is starting to be time for a decision. Considering that I already have a student loan and am about to take another one for my Master's. I am pretty disciplined with my finances and modelled a spreadsheet that says it would only be easily sustainable with comp = £55k base + 20% bonus. Adding some context to my profile, I have 1Y as a Fixed Income analyst in the Italian branch of a German AM (also insurer, so you can guess the name). I am trying to understand if this seems reasonable or totally crazy -> my goal would be to stay in London long term (AM mainly as I guess I have slightly more chances), and my model assumes I have 50% of the loans repaid by Y2, so pretty aggressive with my savings (full bonus towards loans repayments). Any help in understanding if this sounds reasonable would be great, in particular, which of those 2 programs would be most helpful.
Thanks!
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Small bump – I'd love human/alumni thoughts
I know this has been asked many times
but LSE A&F is way better than Imperial F&A.
LSE is a target specifically for IB, Imperial still is but not to the same level.
But talking to people I heard placement hasn't been great recently. I do understand they have more chances in Off-Cycles rather than SA but I am not really sure that is good for long term prospects in London. Also, I have to be realistic and my greatest shot is in AM not IB although I will still 100% apply to IB SA opportunities
Not sure where you heard that: Imperial F&A has had 2-3 offers at BBs (GS, RBC) but LSE A&F has had multiples more across several firms.
Answered 1000 times LSE F&A is on a different league or even universe than Imperial (which is more a STEM uni)!
I guess Imperial might be better positioned for landing quant roles, but I need to consider the heavy academics of LSE A&F which leaves little to no space for networking. I think in a job market as bad as today, networking plays a huge part. Master's are just one year and I have to factor in everything considering this would be my last year in the UK as a student
Networking plays NO part in London.
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LSE A&F definitely a better course purely on face value. Can't really comment in depth but both courses have really good professors and good prospects. One thing I always tell people going for Masters is that the degree itself is not enough to land you to a job, you need to have a well rounded profile. People who have that will land offers irrespective of whether they go to LSE or Imperial (both of which are top unis).
Definetely, that is also the reason why I have decided to work for one full year before considering a Master's
Go to Imperial lol, ppl in this thread are randoms who aren’t actually at these unis… Imperial this year had better placements than LSE
Nuts student from Imperial my god
Had offers for both these courses lmao
It's not that prefer one of those 2, I am simply trying to make the best possible decision based on info I have and I can find around
This is completely incorrect and I am connected to both universities:
Imperial for IB did not get so many offers compared to LSE this year. Imperial have done much better for trading and quant. LSE, UCL and Warwick did significantly better for IB so your data points are completely wrong.
Not sure why I keep getting MS but it is true.
Are we talking about Uni in general or the F&A/A&F course?
Neither is very good. Everyone gets an offer more or less
Realistically they are not the flagship program, but I don't see how your comment is any relevant. If with those Master's I might have 5% chances of landing a job in the UK is still better than 0% that I currently have considering moving from here will be hard. From the debt angle this still appears sustainable as in any case will open some doors to jobs that will allow me to repay it (perhaps in 20y but still), we are not talking about 300k
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