MSc Finance, MFE, MPhil
Hi all, I'm relatively new to this community, I come by often and explore countless threads but I don't participate much because I don't know much yet and I do better as a spectator. I am currently a 3rd year student at Birkbeck, University of London studying towards a BSc Business with Management and recently grew a strong interest to pursue a career in investment banking but quickly figured that my background is not good enough to break into it but I am determined to turn things around.
With that said, taking into account I am not graduating from a target school neither a semi-target I want to do a masters degree immediately afterwards and I came across these following programs as the most respected and effective in regards to attracting investment banks :
MPhil Finance at University of Cambridge
MSc Financial Economics at University of Oxford
MSc Finance at LSE
MSc Finance at Imperial Business School
I'm pretty sure there might be other well regarded programmes but those were the ones that mostly raised my attention and of course I rather put my money where I am more likely to reach my final goal.
I am aware Birkbeck is not popular even frowned upon if any of its graduates even remotely believe they stand a chance to work in investment banking but it is part of the University of London and it's well regarded especially in London. I am aiming to graduate with a 1st and I am now wondering if being admitted to either one of those programms would be attainable.
Thanks
You haven't really told us enough about yourself to make a proper evaluation. If you have a high first (around 80%+) and work experience then your chances would be very high at all these programmes.
I didn't mention working experience because regretfully I haven't got any. Whilst I was studying towards my degree I neglected on that side of things because I figured that if I solely invested my time studying my chances of finishing with a good grade would be higher and that is exactly why I am reckoning graduating with a 1st this year. Nevertheless, Birkbeck is an evening university and it allows and has always allowed to have enough spare time to work on the side but stupidly I never did but I can always try fiercely and secure an internship as soon as possible I am just benighted regarding what sort of internships I should look for. Besides, if it adds any value to my profile, I am originally Portuguese therefore I am fluent at both English and Portuguese and I also have good Spanish proficiency too. I don't know about the other 3 programmes but I've seen here on other threads users claiming the majority of the applicants for the MSc Finance at LSE don't have working experience whatsoever either.
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