ESCP MiM or gap year?

Hi PORR,

Welcome to GMAT Club. I don't know anything about the program, though it looks very interesting.
One of the main qualifications and questions you should ask the current students you are in contact with, is what kind of employer engagement are they seeing? Is the program able to attract recruiters to come to campus to interview candidates or how does one find a job after graduating?

As to difficulty of classwork, there are several perspectives on it. Business School, traditionally, is not challenging in terms of the material - it is all the usual stuff and some schools, e.g. Harvard don't even have required course books. Instead they use the case method to teach their concepts and you are left on your own to figure out what gaps you need to fill. So I would not fault a program for easier course work in case it has great placement stats and a good feed into the industries you are looking to get into. At the same time, if the reputation in the industry is that the school is a party place that produces inadequate graduates, I would steer way. However, the opinion should be based on how hard it is to get in and how easy it is find a job after, not how hard it is in the middle

P.S. What if you do take a gap year. What programs would you target?