France : Choice of Master's degree and probability of admission
Hi everyone! I'm currently trying to select which Master's degree to apply to.
My goal is to get into midcap M&A boutique or PE.
My profile:
Bachelor's in Business Adminsitration from EDHEC Business School.
Around 3.2 GPA (not 100% sure about the conversion but it seems correct ~12.35/20)
3 months internship in Company valuation in a fintech & 6 months internship in a Midcap M&A boutique in Germany (Munich).
Another 6 months internship in a Midcap M&A (maybe Alantra,Avolta Partners, EdR, Hottinguer…) before starting my Master.
Head of Sponsorship of my student office, a bit of volunteering on the side (Founder of a charity).
The programs I am currently considering are:
- Sorbonne’s Master finance or Master Management Financier/stratégique
- Dauphine’s Master 224 / Master 268 / Master 225
- Sciences Po Paris’s Master Finance et stratégie
- Sciences Po Strasbourg’s Master Corporate Strategy & Finance
- Sciences Po Strasbourg’s Master finance d’entreprise et pratique des marchés financiers
- HEC Lausanne’s Corporate Finance
Thanks everyone for responding !
Would avoid SciencePo for anything finance related. Sorbonne seems to be the best option out of those.
For me Sorbonne is definitely the worst one, the prestige of Sorbonne has disappeared a long time ago
Science Po F&S and Dauphine 225 place very well in top Parisian boutiques (Messier, Rothschild, Lazard, etc) and PE funds (Capza, Naxicap, Blackfin etc). But if you want to go to London, I would highly recommend UK Masters (LBS/LSE/Imperial)
Thanks you, I want to work only in France, Switzerland or Luxembourg. Then I will try to enter Sciences Po
Agreed with the above, I would target Dauphine 225 and ScPo FinStrat from your list. Maybe worth applying to Masters in Finance at HEC/ESCP ?
FYI, my school (French target) translates 12.35 to a 3.2/4.0 GPA. Hope that helps and feel free to PM for if needed
Your GPA conversion is far off. Don’t do a direct conversion from XX/20 ≠ X.0/4.0. You have to convert each course directly. A 2.3 GPA is borderline autistic OP, I guarantee you your GPA is higher than that.
Oh ok, thanks. I really don’t know how grades work in USA. I just convert on internet.
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