I am planning to apply for Jan 2010 intake for full time MBA. I believe that HEC is definitely a top notch mba and need further information about the course and placement prospects for international students like me. I have 4 yrs IT experience with 660 gmat and lot of extra curriculars.

Pls advice what are my chances of getting into HEC mba and how do you compare it with Leeds UK, and Nottingham UK ??

Would be obliged if you could respond me at: onlinearora@gmail.com

Thanks n best wishes

Ankit

glad to stumble upon this post as i’m currently a student finishing 2nd year of my studies at university of nottingham in malaysia and hoping to do Masters in Management at HEC after my final year. I’d be great if any of you guys could help me out with the admission process, the requirements, wht to do, and wht not to do. etc etc for a successful admission. anyway, hope to hear from any of you guys!. cheers.

milton

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All I can say is that by choosing HEC Paris you made the right decision. I hope you pass the exams to get in!

Btw, since we’re a few HEC alumni blogging on Tech IT Easy, don’t hesitate to leave a comment (unless the information you’re asking for are private) to get multiple feedbacks and for those to benefit the entire web.

i was looking for some real-time feedback and discussion on HEC and stumbled across your posts here…

wow, i sought validation and am more than glad to find it in such affirmative abundance… …

i am very keen on making it to the HEC MSc Mgmt class that shall commences 2008… in the regard, apart from calling the admissions office, i would like to contact you to discuss a few things, if you wouldn’t mind i.e….

I respect your stance, although I REALLY disagree, but could you please elaborate? You don’t explain why you don’t think HEC Paris deserves to be ranked on top of the European business school landscape.

Moreover, I don’t think visiting an institution allows anyone to actually judge it. HEC Paris has a beautiful, green campus outside Paris, top-of-class professors, it selects harshly its MSc students (5% get in), it promotes initiative, the HEC Alumni network is amazing, the career department does a great job, etc. Really, I don’t understand John.

Thanks in advance for clarifying your point.

Just to get back to our debate: well, yes, I think France and London (where HEC is well-known, believe it or not), and I think traditional businesses such as consulting/investment banking/marketing in large consumer companies.

And you know what ? That’s exactly where 2/3rds of us HEC alumni will go in the end.

So, once again: I m afraid these rankings are meaningless for most of us.

But of course, for somewhone who’s looking after cash from American VCs, it is definitely good news.

I would just add that HEC is well known in the world of finance. Probably because we have had some top performers who proved it to be a good school. However, dont forget that HEC students study for 5-6 years while english guys go in the same places when they are 22, ie after 4 years of studies only. An companies are looking for people with pro experience. HEC is not that good when put in perspective.

I totally disagree with you.

1) This ranking puts HEC Paris on the map. You’ll notice when you work abroad (I’ve been pushing you to do so for a very long time) that nobody knows our business school outside France (which forces you to give your best, competition is always a good thing), except maybe in French-speaking Switzerland and London. Coming on top of the FT ranking is something big, a major achievement and landmark of Bernard Ramanantsoa’s strategy for Groupe HEC.

2) You are biased, on two things:

i) you think France and French.

ii) you think investment banking and consulting. Allright, but trust me on this, there is a million other jobs outside. And although I doubt HR department’s relevancy in many cases, I don’t think HR guys are dumb enough to have quotas. If you’re good, you’re hired. If not, bye bye. That’s the way it should be whatever the degree. Remember: “those who can’t do teach, those who can’t teach consult”.

Anyways, you’ve got much more interesting things to do at the moment than reading and commenting my blog if you see what I mean . We’ll talk on Saturday.

Actually the impact of these rankings in terms of real perspectives for us HEC alumni seems very weak.

If you wish to get a position within a large investment bank or in a consulting company, they will ALWAYS take, let’s say 20% HEC, 15% Polytechnique, 20% ECSP and Essec, etc…

I am afraid that these criteria are deeply engraved in HR people’s mind, and that it will take many years before any downgrading/upgrading of a school occurs.