Master Europe suggestions: HEC vs Bocconi
Hi there! German undergrad here (think Manheim/Frankfurt school of management/Goethe). I was fortunate enough to get into Bocconi Msc Finance (no scholarship) and HEC Master in management(no scholarship). My goal is to get into IB (no preference, M&A, S&T, LevFin whatever) in London. They both have their own pros and cons. Bocconi's course is quite quant-heavy (specially the 1st year). Hec MIM give you the chance to do an entire internship year after the first one, and then u can undertake a specialization (e.g. international finance, quantitative economics and finance). So in both programmes you can get good quantitative skills and a broad perspective of the field. Btw I hate Milan (don't like the city) but the location of HEC is not that great. Just to give you a little bit more context, my GPA (converted) is around 3.9/4.0 (i don't want to work in a german speaking country), GMAT 710 and one summer internship at a consulting firm (think gartner/Roland Berger/accenture). Thank you in advance, Peace!
Go HEC.
The better question would be is there actually any aspect in which Bocconi beats HEC. I think no, or at least nothing significant.
Don´t get me wrong, Bocconi is a good school, but HEC is simply different level.
Do you want to do a PhD? No -> who cares.
HEC, no doubt. It is by far and away the best business school in Europe. Bocconni has a great reputation, because it is the alma mater of >90% of the Italians in IB. If you're not Italian, stick to HEC.