Hey fellows,
sorry that I am writing in English, but my German is currently quite poor. I am sorry to tell you, but although some German Universities might actually deliver proper follow up managers for the German market, the top vacancies in Germany are easier attainable, if you are coming from one of the European or American tier one universities. Check wallstreet journal or financial times rankings as a rough indication for what it is worth to go for. I studied at the Rotterdam School of Management, spent a term at Copenhagen Business School and went to Wharton School of Business. Wharton is the best business school in the world, according to all business papers worldwide, but I have to warn you: Getting in will be a huge fight for you! You are competing with the brightest people in the world! Rotterdam was my home university and an excellent choice. Upon graduation I received an offer from Goldman Sachs offering me an initial wage of above 100.000 Euro excluding Bonus, which could have been up to 50% initial wage! Nevertheless, I decided to go for a Master at HEC Paris, Europeans number one and then I will go for Private Equity, better known in Germany as die Heuschrecken Branche! I know that German public Universities suck big time since I have been studying in Münster for one year. Back then my German was fluent btw. and I had reveiced ein 1,4er Abitur before. Lecturers used to be unprepared, meaning that they could not answer detailed questions and lecture halls were filled with 1200 students. Very good universities in the German speaking world are WHU Vallendar, St.Gallen and EACP-EAP, being a french grand ecole with campus in Berlin. It is ranked number 3 in Europe. Getting into WHU is like getting into Wharton. My brother got in after a lot of test having a 1.5 Abitur and being one of the worst at this Uni. 30% are below 1.0!!! Check www.rsm.nl and check IBA: it is the perfect choice! It is the number 5 in Europe and will allow you to enter any other university worldwide thereafter! They have 120 different nationalities on campus, some of the brightest professors of Europe and of the US, excellent Partner Universities and it only cost 1500 Euro a year! High performance job guaranteed! Recruiters are JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, McKinsey, Roland Berger, BCG, Nike, BMW, Adidas, LVMH, Unilever, EU, United Nations etc... I hope I could help you and for the students at German public Universities: You are being well served and perfectly suited for the Mittelstand, but maybe you should try to hit some exchange spots at a tier 1 or 2 level uni to improve your CV if you wanna enter tier 1 consulting, investment banking or private equity! Good luck for you, greetz Jon
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