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04 Jan 2016, 03:55
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I am an American (although I have EU citizenship) and I intend on working in the US in the area of renewable energy (although I may do consulting first to get there) ideally with some sort of an international capacity with Latin America. As BG, I am already doing a masters in international relations, I have 4 years of work experience and I am fluent in Spanish & Portuguese.
INSEAD
Pros:
Less expensive (1 year vs. 1.5 years)
International network
More diverse student body
Higher prestige
Cons:
Recruiting to the US can be difficult
Duke
Pros:
Recruiting to the US
Energy Finance program
Cons:
More expensive ($30K more plus 5 months opportunity cost): debt financed btw.
One side of me is telling me that given my international interests, INSEAD is the way to go and it would be less expensive. But the practical side is saying that if I want to do energy in the US, Fuqua is the winner. Would love to hear thoughts especially if there are any alumns from either school.
Thanks!
INSEAD
Pros:
Less expensive (1 year vs. 1.5 years)
International network
More diverse student body
Higher prestige
Cons:
Recruiting to the US can be difficult
Duke
Pros:
Recruiting to the US
Energy Finance program
Cons:
More expensive ($30K more plus 5 months opportunity cost): debt financed btw.
One side of me is telling me that given my international interests, INSEAD is the way to go and it would be less expensive. But the practical side is saying that if I want to do energy in the US, Fuqua is the winner. Would love to hear thoughts especially if there are any alumns from either school.
Thanks!
04 Jan 2016, 08:58
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Fuqua has a great partnership with the environment school at Duke. So there are tons of overlap recruiting on the renewable energy front.
If you don't have prior experience in the area you want to go into, it would be beneficial to go to a 2-year MBA program. The internship really helps with transitioning into your industry of interest. It provides the employer a "trial run" of their potential hires. You can still do an internship at European b-school. However, from my conversation with my European b-school colleagues, there's not a strong internship culture at these b-schools. A lot of the consulting placement you see at European b-schools are prior consultants going back to consulting.
If it's the $30K you are concerned about, you should also account the cost of living differences, which may be big in this case.
If you don't have prior experience in the area you want to go into, it would be beneficial to go to a 2-year MBA program. The internship really helps with transitioning into your industry of interest. It provides the employer a "trial run" of their potential hires. You can still do an internship at European b-school. However, from my conversation with my European b-school colleagues, there's not a strong internship culture at these b-schools. A lot of the consulting placement you see at European b-schools are prior consultants going back to consulting.
If it's the $30K you are concerned about, you should also account the cost of living differences, which may be big in this case.
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05 Jan 2016, 03:06
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We have almost the same dilemma of schools - completely different goals though.
Id say if you want to stay in the USA in energy, then Duke is definitely the way to go. Not as internationally recognised as INSEAD, but with your goals in mind, that doesnt really matter anyway. It would actually be even better for you to go to Mccombs, but Duke is still a pretty strong brand in US energy.
Id say if you want to stay in the USA in energy, then Duke is definitely the way to go. Not as internationally recognised as INSEAD, but with your goals in mind, that doesnt really matter anyway. It would actually be even better for you to go to Mccombs, but Duke is still a pretty strong brand in US energy.
