Hello
I am an american citizen who wishes to work in US but studied abroad my whole life. I currently am finishing off my bachelor's from the UK and I am applying for a Masters in Finance as I have a scholarship. Now my problem lies in where to do this Masters. Since I want to penetrate the US market for a career is it better to pursue a degree there? If yes, I have another problem. I am applying to ESADE and IE in Spain both ranked 2nd and 4th in the world in master in Finance, and in UK applying to LSE and Imperial College, both reputable, but in the US, I am applying to B-Schools such as UCSD and even worst off USF rather than MIT because I do not have the prerequisities needed to go to an A school in US.
So I want to work in US, I need advice from someone who knows what top 10 investment banks hire, I know ivy leagues but what about from abroad? Is it better to have Spain (ranked highest), UK (very reputable, LSE) or a non-top school in US like UCSD etc???
I'd also like to add a fourth choice which is doing a dual masters degree in management and finance as it is also available in one of the Spanish universities.
It absolutely does matter bucko.
Any advice on which of the 3 choices I should go for? I'd also like to add a fourth choice which is doing a dual masters degree in management and finance as it is also available in one of the Spanish universities.
Why not UCL or Oxford? also it really does matter. I pretty much committed academic suicide when I decided not to study in high school or for my bac, and now i'm stuck in a pretty much stuck in an average university in an eastern european country. You could try wes.org which can evaluate your degree and grades.
UCL and Oxford both aren't as strong as the ones I want for finance. Moreover, Oxford doesnt have finance but rather financial economics. My bacherlors is economics and finacne about dont want to continue in economics. UCL isn't the top when compared to LSE, Imperial, OxBridge, Warwick, Durham, all in uk so no need to go there, also they have financial mathematics, not finance which I lack in understanding how IB and PE and so on works.
Forget about FT ranking if you want to work in the US, I guess your best shot is to find a decent MSF in the US. Dual master degree why not if you find interesting classes/are young/need more time to figure out what you want to do/want to do more internships. Otherwise there is no point in a double degree. Only my opinion here. TNA has a great expertise in US MSF. If you share your profile he may help you out.
Who is TNA? I'm currently 20 years old, Ill finish my masters when i'm 21-22 or dual degree when i'm 22-23. I'm quite young. I want to work in HF, IB, PE, trading etc... Thank you for your input but you haven't answered a main question, whilst I know going to a top or decent place in US is favourable, that isn't my currenct choices as I have listed above. So my question was, go for a top ranking FT time master in finance in spain, or UK very reputable unis, or a school in US such as UCSD or USF?
Man he is the MFin guru on this site. Use the search function. There are tons of great content of TNA giving advice which mfin to choose. Your question has been discussed before as well.
Don't choose UCSD. It has nothing good for business except being ranked so high for global ranking. Honestly, fuck UCSD. I have met several people who are the clients of major investment banks through my family connection in Hong Kong, and nobody gives a fuck about it. However, if you want to work in some booming financial centers, such as, Shanghai, that will be another story.
Anyway, if my memory serves me right, there was a UCSD kid called Luis Lo hoping to get into the field of equity research by helping some well respected financial companies to "collect data" in Hong Kong. He simply posted some shit on a Hong Kong's internet forum, and everyone fucked him and UCSD, not just because it wasn't even a target school, but also because UCSD kids were known for nerdy and antisocial. Moreover, the funniest thing is that he used his real name for his account of that forum, so those HongKongers figured out who the fuck he was through LinkedIn. Subsequently, he changed his name to Kwun Man Lo for his LinkedIn account. Perhaps this was due to that he was not able to stay in Bloomberg, after posting his shit on that forum.
Nevertheless, unless you have a wealthy father or some wealthy uncles, nobody really gives a fuck to UCSD kids even in the world of the Far East's business.
The vitriol in this post made me lol
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Have you thought about starting your professional career in London and then try to move within the company to the US? This could be easier than try to land an ib stint in the US with an UK degree or non-target US master. Keep in mind that I am no professional myself.
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