Curious to get your thoughts on this program. I was recently admitted but after looking through the profiles of students and companies that recruit on campus, I was underwhelmed. It seems like placement has suffered immensely due to the awful job market in Europe. And in the U.S., LBS name brand has almost no clout.
LBS’s reputation in the US increases the further up the ladder you climb.
Wanna trade?
I’ll take your LBS Master’s degree. In return, you get a CPA license, a CFA Charter, and a mediocre part-time MBA. I think this would be a good trade for me.
EDIT - This assumes that you finish the program and that I pass Level 3 in a couple of weeks. But let’s pretend for the time being.
In my opinion LBS is right up there with the great business schools in the world. I wouldn’t trade my CFA charter for it, but I would definitley trade my MSF for yours. Anything with “London” in the name sounds classy and upscale to an American’s ears.
Financial Times puts them 4th in the world. Right behind Harvard/Stanford/Wharton, and right ahead of Columbia/MIT.
I’ll trade. I can always do the CPA and CFA again. I’ll never get another chance to go to a school of this caliber.
Yo, LBS stands for _ L ow- B _alled _ S _alary
Including London Dungeon. Believe me, I have seen the queues
If this is true, why are there so few LBS MIF alums in top finance jobs?
Financial Times ranking is a joke due to its ridiculous European bias.
As an admit I was able to see the profiles of all the admits as well as the graduating class, and it was almost entirely europeans and asians who went to mediocre colleges and worked in seemingly middle-office jobs at no-name firms. And from talking to career services, the job placement seems sort of murky. I asked them for a one-year deferral, so I could continue working and re-apply to top U.S. MBA programs.
I actually think you might differentiate yourself by going to a top European business school. There is one guy at my office that went to LBS and he is a pretty sharp guy. Plus London would be a pretty cool life experience. But do what you think is best. I would love to go to IE business school in Madrid (Instituto de Empresa). I did a semester of undergrad in Madrid and it was an experience of a life time. Seems like yesterday I was there. Wish I could go back to work and live. To bad the employment situation is so bad in Spain these days.
How do you define a top finance job? It’s a relatively small program, so there aren’t that many LBS MIF holders to begin with, but how would you even identify them?
What type of work do you do? Are you in the U.S.?
Front-office jobs at major banks, hedge funds, and asset management firms. Although some big name firms recruit at LBS, they hire almost no one. And the LBS finance network isn’t that strong.
Officially turned down my LBS finance offer today.