Hkust or Cass

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Guys i have been admitted to HKUST and Cass FT MBA Class of 2021.

Background-i am working with SBI Since 2013 experience of retail banking, retail credit. presently studying for my CFA, if things go as per the plan i might have cleared 2 levels of CFA.

Future Industry-Fintech/ Banking domain

Pros and Cons-
Cass-

1.)Virus-situation is very bad in the UK
2.)Job Market-No one can predict what will happen after brexit, and today UK govt has said that they will not seek an extension on brexit and in previous years a lot of Indian students had to come back to India because of not being able to secure job with visa sponsorship.
3.)Visa-uncertain visa regulations, although they have announced that 2 PSW will be given to all the students graduating in 2021.

HKUST-
1.) Language
2.) High fee-Hkust hasn't disclosed the amount of scholarship.
3.)virus and job market, i am yet to understand Job market of HK, but as per my initial understanding, it is highly competitive.

Primarily the thought of coming back to india after spending such a huge amount is scary for me.

Nikhil · Answer

shubham2312

I have reached out to a few people to comment on this. Till then you can check some of the previous discussions.

https://gmatclub.com/forum/hkust-mba-vs ... l#p2468326
https://gmatclub.com/forum/isb-v-hkust- ... l#p2456603
https://gmatclub.com/forum/isb-v-hkust- ... l#p2478909
https://gmatclub.com/forum/search.php?fid%5B%5D=192

bb · Answer

Hi. Congrats on your admits!

HKUST is a strong program and fairly prestigious. One challenge however, it’s hard to recruit in Hong Kong without speaking Cantonese or at least mandarin. My understanding from a number of years ago is that most international students recruit outside of Hong Kong in places such as Singapore and rest of Asia. I would recommend connecting was one of the first or second year’s at the program to figure out the latest recruiting options.

One cool thing about the program is it’s a very strong exchange partners. All students go on one semester abroad exchange during the second year fall semester. The exchange programs are top 15 US business schools and a number of top five in the world with a few regional programs. There is a chance you may be able to recruit with students in those programs in the fall of your second year but that can be a bit tricky without an OPT. Again something I would check with current students.

Cass, I don’t really know much about it. I’m sorry. I know you mentioned the corona and at the moment we have to look past and assume that things will get better soon. I don’t know how to evaluate the impact.

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Nikhil · Answer

Tagging  nvdmurty  who has decided to matriculate at Cass to see if he/she has any inputs.

nvdmurty · Answer

Hi Shubham,

I believe you are the same person who contacted me earlier and also on my Linkedin contacts. Congratulations again on your admit to CASS and HKUST. With regards to your points on Cass, see my inputs below

1.)Virus-situation is very bad in the UK
- It's the same everywhere and it's only gonna get worse for a while. But we just need to hope it will get better and wait for the right opportunities to arrive.
2.)Job Market-No one can predict what will happen after brexit, and today UK govt has said that they will not seek an extension on brexit and in previous years a lot of Indian students had to come back to India because of not being able to secure job with visa sponsorship.
-Brexit is not going to impact your job opportunities in UK. You may have heard about students going back to India post MBA but perhaps not hearing about those who have secured employment here. I know of one who got a job offer right into his last month of stay in UK. So if you are willing to go out and network there are plenty of opportunities here.
3.)Visa-uncertain visa regulations, although they have announced that 2 PSW will be given to all the students graduating in 2021.
- You have heard about PSW which is good. What you also need to know that come January 2021 the Visa rules are going to change. It will be a points based system. You can read more about it here > https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... -statement.

Cass will not be a bad investment should you decide to go for it. It will be difficult to find a right answer on online forums. Sometimes you just need to believe in yourself and do what you feel is right.

Regards,
Murty.

shubham2312 · Answer

thanks,  bb  for your inputs, i don't have any such specific desire to work in a particular part of the world, my primary motivation for MBA is getting a best possible business education.

shubham2312 · Answer

Thanks Mate for your inputs.

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