Coronavirus Mental Health/Support Thread

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I have found myself to start hating Corona virus like it was an actual evil person. I despise it, want to kill it, stomp it. I feel hatred towards it but it is just a virus.

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I’m feeling much better these days. Now that Italy is in phase 2, we can go out more. I drive to the country side on @_Lilith family property and enjoy the outdoors and eat pretty good cooking.

Also, I got a small scholarship to my master’s program in the fall. And now I got an offer to an even more prestigious school. I’m not sure what to do. One school has a better finance program that is highly ranked, but a just a good university ranking. The other is an elite and long-established institution in London and part of the Russell group of unis with a less established and newer finance program. Nice to have this worry, a month ago I was pretty down because I got rejected from 3 schools in a row.

I am under the impression, in the UK and Europe, people focus more on the specific program/school within a parent university. But I’m not certain. Any Europeans have any insight? @slawa @Brianjones @FatKaz ?

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I would go for the best overall university as rankings for different subjects seem to have more variation over time than variation of ranking between schools.

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But rankings matter now, no? A more established program with more alumni in the industry and better connection into the industry now is better for me now I would assume? A more prestigious name might help me internationally with people all over knowing this school. But I am targeting to go into finance in the UK now.

Really hard choice. :worried:

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Yeah , that is very hard. I would still probably go for the more famous international name. I totally get your logic though. :+1:

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Remember the best schools aren’t just the best for education but for networking as well.

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Internationally somewhere like LSE or Imperial College would usually be a good choice …The big names. Locally in the UK might be a little more nuanced.

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If you’re doing a masters level program go with whoever offers the best course and has strongest links via alumni to where you hope to work. This is by far the most important thing if you want to work in finance in London.
Any British uni with a highly ranked finance program will be known globally within the finance industry anyway.

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You are right. I looked at why one program is ranked top 10 in the UK for the last few years in finance, and why the more well known prestigious school isn’t. One program filters into the finance industry much better.

Ha! I did not get into Imperial or LSE. Was pretty upset, but LSE was always bit of a long shot. I decided not to firm at King’s college, even though it is more known. Their finance program isn’t strong and it 12k pounds more. I think King’s is more known for other programs.

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Very true.

I decided to go with the ranked program at a less known school. Their finance program filters into the field better. And tbh, they responded to my emails quickly and were very helpful. Even gave me a small scholarship. I want to know my school is there to help me. At the better-known school, they take over a week to respond to me and it took them forever to decide on my application.

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Very nice area and yes very prestigious.
Manchester is a good one for finance

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Imperial is famous in scientific/medical circles.

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Yes, their finance program is interesting, it’s treated like a STEM subject. Heavy in quantitative finance. I was told I didn’t take enough advance math when they rejected my application. Many of the people in the program come from STEM undergrad into the finance program, that is what they’re known for.

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Never would have thought you were an Imperialist :wink:

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Ask them what kind of internships have stds gotten and what’s their job placement or alumni job hiring rate.

I’m all for a Master’s but make sure that this investment has a strong ROI. IJS

Don’t worry. They have great numbers for their finance program and thus ranked top 10 in the UK by the financial times. They are known for finance and banks actually send employees to train in a dedicated building for finance with 2 trading simulation rooms. Is it LSE? No. But it will get my foot in the door and they offer a CFA track to help me take my CFA level 1 exam which is a good qualification to have to get into finance.

And UK schools are like half the price of US schools of the same caliber. Maybe even less than half.

Yes, I would agree with this for the most part. For example, I did my bachelor’s degree at a university that was relatively low on the over all league tables but has an excellent reputation for the subject I studied. I did my master’s degree at a university that doesn’t feature on the league tables at all because it’s a specialist institution.

Unless it’s an extremely prestigious university like LSE or Oxbridge, people are more interested in “the specific programme/school within a parent university”, as you put it. I don’t know what you intend to do with your master’s, but this is definitely the case within academia and if you’re planning to do a PhD.

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