Greetings from super rainy and unbelievably-cold-for-November Paris!
In keeping with Indian tradition, I am absolutely the last person to start posting on this blog. As they say in India – IST is not Indian Standard Time but Indian Stretchable Time!
Before you start thinking about me as this random guy who has fled off to Paris in the middle of the term, a brief explanation about why I am here.
I am a second year Masters in Management student at LSE and am doing a CEMS exchange at HEC Paris. MIM is one of the few 2-year masters programmes at LSE and the CEMS exchange is hands-down one of the best features of this programme. It gives you the opportunity to go on exchange to one of about 20 reputed institutes all over the world (mainly in Europe though, which is AWESOME!) These include HEC – Paris, ESADE – Barcelona, St. Gallen – Switzerland, Tsingua – Beijing etc. However, getting selected from LSE into the CEMS programme is perhaps as tough as getting into LSE itself! There is an application form, a statement of purpose and an interview. The process is smooth and well advertised and provides an excellent opportunity to research prestigious European institutes as well as your own academic and professional goals. It also fuels excitement in the Lent Term where you anticipate the results and if you got your first preference or not – fun!
All that verbosity just to tell you that I am not bunking classes!
My posts will probably go back and forth between my present – Paris and my past – LSE, with a sprinkling of my future – LSE again!
Now, I have two deadlines for presentations tomorrow and I have to Skype with my team members who have found themselves in Berlin, Barcelona and Lebanon today morning. Two of them have no recollection of how they got there. It IS Halloween Weekend after all! Which gives me an opportunity to whip out this bad boy – tadaa!
I have alternately been described as:
- Desi-Batman
- Man-with-too-much-eye-liner
- Butt-of-a-permanent-marker-prank
Please feel free to add your own descriptions.
Happy Halloween!
hi,
I do not know whether this blog is the right place to post my queries.
i am a distance learning student.
I am in my final year of graduation.
I secured very good credits.
Actually, I am pursuing 2 degrees i.e, B.A and B.com from reputed and recognised distance learning universities.
I even have diplomas in
Accounting and finance,
Managament in distance education
Nd I had done some certificate courses and workshops in economics and management related fields.
I will be working for public sector bank for an year for work experience.
I really want to get into masters in managament programme in lse.
I am going to write GMAT and IELTS next august.
So, can you please tell me whether are there any chances of me getting into lse.
Will the institute regard distance education students into the programme?
Thank you.
Hi there,
Yes, we do accept distance learning courses for entry to LSE. Which institution did you receive your BA and B.Com from and in which country? I will try to send you some further information. For the MIM we generally look for a 1st class or 2.1 equivalent.
Work experience is always well regarded, however it is not compulsory for this programme.
Look forward to hearing back from you,
Sarah
Hi,
I am from India and I wanted to know how is the Masters In Management program in Lse?
What are the placement statistics, especially for Indians and what is the average starting salary like?
Also, what are the requirements for getting selected in the CEMS program.
Thanks in advance.
Hey Nitish,
Writing very vague questions there mate. How is the programme in terms of what – academic rigour, professional development, exchange opportunities, elective options?
Average starting salary according to region, industry..what?
Google the programme my friend, go to TSR and other student forums, write specific questions. It would also be helpful if you described your profile in more detail than ‘from India’! 🙂
For placement statistics, the department of management would perhaps be the best place to address your queries. They would also be more insightful in terms of the CEMS admission criteria. What I can do is tell you about the process that was followed last year to rank students for CEMS.
There was a written application where you stated your top 5 school preferences for exchange and included a SOP on where you wanted to go on exchange and why. There was also a panel interview where you were asked to back up your SOP and tested on your knowledge of and expectations from, the CEMS programme.
Based on your total marks from both these components, all applicants were ranked and obviously the higher you were in the ranking meant that there was a higher chance of securing your first preference (in terms of the school you wanted to exchange to)
Best of luck!