Profile Evaluation | Master in Finance in Europe - thoughts?
Hi monkeys,
I am from China, currently studying in one of the top-4 French business school and thinking about where to do my Master's. I list below my backgrounds and would like to hear your thoughts:
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GPA: 16 / 20 (French system)
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Exchange Erasmus in a German uni
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GRE: 330
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Leadership Position in Student Entrepreneurship Club
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Work Experience: PE (1 internship in China), IB (1 in M&A, elite boutiques; 2 coverage in mid-cap & DAX team and 1 in acquisition finance; all these at large European banks in DACH) + 1 at Stock Exchange (Deutsche Börse) + non-finance functions (Finance controlling in large corps; data analyst; consulting in healthcare)
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Business creation experience: started logistics firm, revenue of USD 500k in 2021
I started focusing on finance since the third year, targeting to either start full-time in London / DACH regions and thought of several target schools below:
- 1) Oxford; HEC; ESSEC
- 2) WHU; Bocconi; Frankfurt school
- 3) Dauphine; Mannheim; Warwick
So far came up with my favorites; if you have other thoughts feel free to suggest!
Why not LBS, HEC, LSE?
Hey man,
Thanks for your reply! LBS / LSE is great, however program is kinda short. For HEC if you know the french system, they never intake any BBA student from France.
Not true - quite a few students at HEC come from a bba in France
Could be possible? gonna give my shot anyways :D
I heard only one successful case - ESSEC BBA back in 2016 went to HEC Msc. Could you share bit of their backgrounds?
Sciences Po's BBA as well
You started a business which turned over half a mil but wanna go into finance? What are the motivations here? Surely work to scale, get bought out and retire ?
not big fan of logistics business tbh, capital requirement is sometimes bit high and risky
Master in Finance from ESCP is great tho and better than ESSEC
Not quite sure of that man :D
https://rankings.ft.com/rankings/2874/masters-in-finance-pre-experience…
I’m currently enrolled in the MiM (PGE) at ESSEC (better than ESCP) but regarding Master in Finance, it’s well known that ESCP is better than ESSEC.
No way ESCP is better than ESSEC???
With those stats and assuming you’re good at displaying fit for a firm, you’ll have 0 problems getting into IB/PE in the UK. I’d simply pick the 1 year program at LBS/LSE and focus on developing my network
thanks! :D
Sciences Po "MSc in Finance & Strategy" would be slightly better than Dauphine for your tier 3 (for english programs at least)
I think I’ve seen your profile someday on LinkedIn. Please just don’t describe Duff & Phelps as Elite Boutique in your application to British universities:)
haha u right:) more of middle / small market growing player in Europe and stronger in the US market. Nevertheless any suggestion?
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