godd degree in the uk

i am a student in chile, i wanna break into the IB business and in here, well, it sucks, so i am thinking in doing a master degree in the uk or the states to break into the bizz.
i am considering the following degrees:
MSC finance and economcis, LSE,
MPhil Finance, cambridge
MPhil Economics, cambridge
MFE oxford
MFinance IC

so, which do you think would give me a better chance to land more interviews.
i am top 5% of my class in a reputed latin american Bschool. cambridge asks for top 10%, do you think that i have a good chance of getting into cambridge?
what other european courses should i consider. in the states i am considering the master in financial engineering programs, since those would be the onnly ones to give a descent chance in landing interviews at BB IBs. i have no WE, nor will have any relevant WE by the time of applying.

 

The courses at Cambridge and LSE are both absolutely top notch. Both should definitely land you plenty of interviews. But we warned these courses are pretty demanding so I hope you've studied a decent amount of maths at school so far.

The course at IC is ok but not really in the same league as the others.

The course at oxford will land you the same interviews you would get at LSE/cam but the course is seen as vocational rather than academic so in my opinion its not as prestigious. It also costs a whopping £23k+ which is a lot more than the courses at LSE/Cam.

 

Let me get my dart board....

Okay....

It looks like you should obtain a MPhilFEFinance in Finanocomics...

Those are all great options man. Depends on what you really want to do. My suggestion: MPhil Economics, cambridge or MSC finance and economics from LSE for IB.

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the thing is that i am worried because in here (or other forum, i forgot) they were talking that cambridge is just better to land an interview, on the other hand others were saying that most of the people that get jobs are LSE graduates. i think i will just apply to cambridge's , lse's, ic's and perhaps another programme in the uk. it seems that mphil economics ismore prestigious than mphil finance?. i have done a lot of math in college, diferential equations, 2 statistics, economietrics and game theory. i am concerned about the lack of economics courses that i have. i have done intro economics, micro I&II, macroI&II, game theory, econometrics. are those enough for the mphil economics. i am worried, would you suggest that i apply to the mphil in finance instead?

 

If you're worried about your econ level, call the uni to discuss it.

Then apply to all the ones you can cope with and decide when you get offers/rejections, potential scholarships and all that. All the degrees should land you an interview (with as mentioned above IC a bit below but still good).

Cambridge Econ is better than Cambridge Finance, since the Uni's just better at economics.

More LSE MFEs probably get into banking than Cambridge MPhil econ or fin since that's what many applicants want to do. MPhils are more academic, so you'll get people wanting to work in academia, government and other areas too in addition to banking.

In my opinion, LSE will put you a more focused group of people as far as banking goes, whereas Cambridge/Oxford will put you in a group of smarter more diverse people. Either way, after getting an interview offer you'll have be able to explain why you chose that degree to get into IB, and know your finance basics.

 

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