Which of these schools would you want to study abroad at?
This would be for the Spring 2022 term. I already have the offer, so the prestige isn't an issue.
UK: Manchester Alliance
France: ESSEC
Spain: ESADE
Italy: Bocconi
Germany: WHU
Denmark: CBS
BeNeLux: RSM
Finland: Aalto
China: Peking
Australia: UNSW
Okay, so I am currently an Asian male sophomore at an American semi-target who was able to get a BB SA gig through significant networking. I want to study abroad, but the Spring 2021 semester is a total bust for obvious reasons. That being said, I want to have relatively stress free study abroad in the Spring 2022 semester where I can just fuck around and party.
I do want to travel around a little bit, so with all that being said, which of these schools would be the most fun?
Thanks in advance!
This was a drunk post, so please excuse spelling.
Edit: I have no idea why this was moved from off topic to the GMAT forum
I studied in germany and visited buddies at bocconi. Milan is pretty awesome. Plus the girls are beautiful.
I suggest narrowing it down to the below 4 choices, in order of preference. All these schools are have fairly strong EU b-schools, are located in fun countries that are welcoming to internationals. Enjoy!!!
Italy: Bocconi
France: ESSEC
Spain: ESADE
BeNeLux: RSM
Would the prestige of a study abroad school matter at all? I was under the impression that it wouldn’t.
It wouldn't, but you'll have better professors & classmates at a better school. Why not go for both? A fun country and a great school? Seems an easy one.
Italy: Bocconi
Boccomi or Australia
esade 100% i did my mba study abroad there, can't speak highly enough of the exchange quarter there
Would not pick WHU. Not because of the uni but because Vallendar is rather boring.
Bocconi. Since you want to fuck around, you have food, pussy/dick and great weather in Milan during that period. You're also as central as it can get in Europe and pretty much a 1-2h flight from dozens of amazing destinations for weekend trips. The nightlife in Milan (assuming everything goes back to normal by then) is also really great. Take Milan and don't look back.
Definitely Bocconi imo
I vote ESADE, because spain is more fun than italy
Yeah Spain
Italy is fun too, but I would pick Barcelona. I lived south of there in Valencia for 6 months for study abroad and had a blast and easily picked up spanish.
You picked up Spanish in 6 months? I’m a HS senior and I’ve been learning it for like a solid decade- still barely conversational. Any tips?
Yeah I was in the same boat as you in HS. I was still taking the basics or no language junior and senior year.
In college I signed up for Spanish and had to take it as a basic requirement for my degree in Business Administration. Then I also signed up for a Spanish minor which added some classes, but then I decided to switch to double major (B.S. and B.A.) and study in Spain for 6 months and get a degree in the language. The minor wasn't enough for me to gain near fluency so I decided for a major focus on it. Before study abroad, I think I had 101, 102, 201, 202, and Composition Spanish classes. Then while I was studying abroad, I took 15hrs in the spring (5 classes) and 6hrs in the summer (2 classes). This was through UVA (Valencia), so 21hrs of my Spanish degree are from that program.
Also, it was 6 months of immersion. Spanish all around you all the time. Immersion coupled with classes in Spanish during the day, so you started to pick up things quick. I learned a lot of my Spanish in the bars late at night trying to mack on spanish chicks. Just hanging out with the locals. I went on a surf trip to France with some friends and we spoke Spanish the whole time. My Spanish was better than their English. Had one of the best surf days of my life at Hossegor, France. We camped out there on the beach.
I got back to the US and all my Spanish classes were super easy, I got As in all of them for the remainder of my college studies. My capstone Spanish paper was a 30 page analysis in Spanish of Don Quijote. I was struggling before the study abroad - I would recommend immersion if you're serious about learning a language.
As a European, ESADE for sure has a more fun reputation than Bocconi, same with Spain over Italy. Both are great though.
If you're not very tall, RSM/CBS will be tricky dating wise. Mean height for guys is 6ft+ there.
Haha I'm 5 7. How's ESSEC?
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Yes, Peking University is the Harvard of China. I studied there through Columbia University for a summer study abroad program. It definitely was an experience, but the way of life and culture is very different than western life.
I went out almost every night. I was staying outside of the East Gate at Beida (Peking University) and partied a lot at Mix and Vics at the stadium (gong ti). I heard Vics was shutting down though. Bar Blu is cool too and Lush has good pancakes and american food. I got some of the Peking U teachers to come party at Propaganda Beijing - I asked them out in language class in Chinese lol it was great.
How tall are you? I'm 5'10" and every Northern European male student was taller than me by at least 4 inches (I went to CBS/Aalto). If you're like 5'8" even girls will tower you. Northern Europe is not a fun place to be for an Asian male haha.
The weather also sucks there, so it's not fun unless you're big into binge drinking + hockey. Would not recommend.
Bocconi for sure. I myself am a Bocconi student and one thing that the others did not mention (not too sure about other schools tbh) is that at Bocconi you can skip classes. Just come to Bocconi, take the easy courses, skip most classes (there's attendance but who cares; just take the general exam) and go wild in Europe (1-2 hour flights to all major European cities).
We're also a target school but tbh it doesn't even matter cause its just an exchange.
Peking is great (visited there), amazing campus. Partying is hella cheap even at Sanlitun (central nightlife street) but getting around is awful just cause Beijing is massive. Its doubly worse if you do not speak Chinese. That said, China is an amazing place to travel around regardless (Inner Mongolia, etc).
Hey! Thanks to everyone for their input. I just wanted to say that, the apps are far off, but I am strongly leaning toward and very likely will choose ESSEC.
Yea ESSEC is a great choice. Bear in mind though the campus location is pretty shit. Its in Cergy and i heard my friends saying there's nothing there.
Can you elaborate on how hard the classes are at Bocconi
I’d also consider IE Business School if interested in Spain. Have heard great things and Madrid is a great city for any extended stays.
France = Sciences Po
If you can get in..
Would definitely pick WHU, the parties are just the best!
Wherever you go, learn the language. You have a year to do Duolingo, listen to podcasts, and get lessons on italki to get the basics down. If you go in with a year of self study, you can leave fluent with 5 months of immersion.
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