SSE Over-rated or Under-rated?

my thoughts are that you are pretty much entirely wrong across the board

My thoughts are that kids from SSE are better placed to land gigs than yourself, given that your alma mater is U of Washington.

im basing all this on empirical experience....basically i wasnt impressed with sse even though initially my perception was that sse was very highly regarded....

uw isnt prestigious either. but i feel that us institutions have better faculty and sharper students. but i agree, sse has stellar palcement rates. im trying very hard to figure out if i want to go to sse or warwick or boston college.... i want to say sse but stockholm isnt exactly the hub of financial activity.... london yes. nyc yes. stockholm, eh?

lekimbap:

c) doesn't seem prestigious

d) warwick seems better

thoughts?

would love to hear thoughts from ppl in the finance industry

london investment banks actively target SSE students

but what about for buy side placements? i thought warwick and cass were exceptional for buy side placement

private equity?

out of an MSc? not gonna happen unless you have amazing prior internships

if you are talking about asset mgmt, i have no idea

the problem with going to sse is that recruitment will primarily be targeted towards Swedish/Nor/Danish speakers as the BBs want analysts for their nordic desks. *key word: primarily.

The top HFs in the Nordic world are almost entirely composed of SSE grads. Definitely a cut above Warwick if you ask me, the main way you pay is not being close to the City.

like jmdude mentioned though, it seems that danish or swedish language skills are essential... for an english only speaker, i dont know if sse will help

Bigger fan of SST and SSR but whatever floats your boat.

really why?sst and ssr as in talinn and riga?

SSE is a target school and places quite high up in European rankings, Nordic PE firms recruit quite vividly from SSE as well.

But I agree with OP that SSE is filled with loads of people that isn't that intelligent. Loads of them busted their asses off in high school to be able to go to SSE but really isn't that smart.

However, If you want to pursue a career in I-banking you should definitely choose SSE over Warwick.

warwick has excellent placement into the city and a strong alumni network. In the UK warwick is more reputable than SSE. cannot comment on the continent.

Also most SSE guys I know were hired for nordic teams, since they spoke the language. Havent really seen anyone from SSE that wasnt versed in nordic language and part of nordic team.

SSE is well represented at my BB, in our industry teams as well (not just Nordic team). All seem to have near perfect English.

unless you have some special interest/connections/language skills in the nordic world, i would choose warwick over SSE. at the end of the day, networking is king, and i simply can't see some UW asian breaking into the nordic financial elite (don't be fooled by some "quality of life" ranking, continental europe's social mobility is nowhere near that of the anglo-saxon worlds)

Warwick hands down!