european schools for IB

nauru
Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:35:50 +0000

Yeah basically if you study in Germany you are going to be stuck working in Frankfurt. The Germans who are really good manage to make it to London or New York. The rest wish they could get the heck out of Frankfurt. Most finance-inclined German students you speak to would be overjoyed at the opportunity to study at USC/UCLA/CAL, but either don’t have the grades or don’t have the international tuition money (or don’t have either) required to do so. Same goes for German attitudes to the top European IB feeder schools, ie LSE/Oxford/Cambridge. These three are far more dominant in European IB than HYP is in US IB.

If you want to spend time in Germany because you like it, then by all means do so – just not for your study abroad. Do yourself a favor and do your semester abroad at the most reputable school you can. There are plenty to choose from across England, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Spain. All are fun countries (ok England is a lot worse than the others in terms of cultural experience but still… at least it’s tops for academics and recruitment)