Moreover HEC Paris proposes double-degree in the States (GREM) so that can be a thing HEC Paris was way more convincing in introducing its program than LSE, making me believe that the quality of the content at HEC might very-well be (much) superior to the one proposed at LSE (which might rely a bit too much on its established reputation). My main concern is about the quality of the program of the respective universities.

Working in the Americas in rather a medium-term goal! In the short-term I rather plan to follow a CEMS program at ESADE (it should be easier to get to LA from Spain than from France or UK) and to work for a couple of years. I know that in neither LSE nor HEC will allow me to land a job in the USA or in LA straight out of the program. On 'paper' I have two internships but the knowledge acquired is not really applicable to any of the sector I'm considering to work into. I don't have real internship experience to be honest. I'll shorten my first post a bit to get more answer, I realize it's quite a long thing to read Sure, the university enjoys an outstanding reputation, but on paper its program seems a bit lousy. The material used (Berk&Demarzo) is basically was we used in our introductory course of finance (first year bachelor). On the other hand, LSE provide merely ONE page of description for a TERM-BASED course. The course portfolio is outstanding (lots of elective, good possibility to customize the program in general) and the school offers double degree opportunities. It provided us with a 95 pages report that provides a detailed description of every course. My biggest concern is about the quality of the content of the respective programs. Now I have read a lot and my conclusions are the following: I have two offers: The Master in International Finance at the HEC and the Master in Finance (possibly Finance & Private Equity) at the LSE. On the medium-term, I'd like to work in the Americas (Latin america would be best).

My plans in the short-term are to follow a CEMS program at the ESADE and to land my first real job (preferably M&A/PE/Corporate Finance/My own enterprise) in London. I'm fluent in French, English, Spanish and Portuguese.

I don't have real professional experience but I have substantial international experience (lived over a year in Peru and a semester in Brazil). I took several extra-courses in Finance and have good basics. I'm a 21 years old, Belgian, about to graduate from Maastricht University in Economics. So I'll summarize my initial post to get more answers!

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