Hi
rtbs15, I have an EU passport. I do not have a UK passport.
I also have hunted down details on the HEC Paris and Cambridge Judge employment reports and have found the HEC Paris salaries to be significantly higher. This surprises me considering how much people have talked about how depressed French salaries are, even to UK.
Pros of Judge:
- Cohort is very active and excited
- Career service is fairly active
- College system and culture are exciting
- Cambridge is a cute town
- Cambridge is a very respected institution, and its name carries weight, even if HEC might be more respected among business-school ranks.
- Strong entrepreneurship focus (my interest)
Cons of Judge:
- Brexit uncertainty
- Lower salary than HEC (by roughly $25k)
- Not known for a strong marketing concentration (for my SO)
- Judge inhibits access to its alumni network due to GDPR
Pros of HEC Paris:
- Higher salary
- Higher ranked business school
- Despite one poor marketing core course, is recognized for a strong marketing concentration
- Appears to open more doors to working in the EU than Judge (this is not clear if it is true)
- 16 months allows for more time to work on starting business (for me)
Cons of HEC Paris:
- It is in the middle of nowhere, quite far from Paris
- There is potential resentment from HEC Paris Grande Ecole students
- Speaking to recent alumni, heard of significant issues on the job market (need to have fluent French to work in France, some struggling to find jobs several months out) - however this appears to be contradicted by their employment report which has a higher % employed 3-months out than Judge
- Potentially limited access to alumni network due to GDPR (not verified)