MIP Politecnico or Essec


Hi
I am CS grad from BITS Pilani and have a work experience of almost a year as a Technical Presales and Product Development engineer in Dubai.
I have applied for the Masters in Data Science/Big Data/Business Analytics and have been accepted at both MIP and Essec.
Now MIP offered me in early may and so I booked my place within the deadline by paying the first installment. Essec said Yes a few days back.
I want to know if I should stick with MIP ( International Masters in Big Data and Business Analytics in collaboration with CEFRIEL and IBM and it seems to be taught by both the business departments and Polimi's CS dept; also I will be the first batch fo students ) or go for ESSEC ( MS in Data sciences and Business Analytics in collaboration with Centrale Supelec ).
Also, MIP costing me 12000 Euros ( of which i paid 2000 already) and Essec fees are 20k euros. What would be a better option for me considering I will obviously be looking at employment in the EU countries? I know I will have to learn either Italian or French atleast for it.

[Edited by Raunaq Paul on Jun 26, 2016]

Hi
I am CS grad from BITS Pilani and have a work experience of almost a year as a Technical Presales and Product Development engineer in Dubai.
I have applied for the Masters in Data Science/Big Data/Business Analytics and have been accepted at both MIP and Essec.
Now MIP offered me in early may and so I booked my place within the deadline by paying the first installment. Essec said Yes a few days back.
I want to know if I should stick with MIP ( International Masters in Big Data and Business Analytics in collaboration with CEFRIEL and IBM and it seems to be taught by both the business departments and Polimi's CS dept; also I will be the first batch fo students ) or go for ESSEC ( MS in Data sciences and Business Analytics in collaboration with Centrale Supelec ).
Also, MIP costing me 12000 Euros ( of which i paid 2000 already) and Essec fees are 20k euros. What would be a better option for me considering I will obviously be looking at employment in the EU countries? I know I will have to learn either Italian or French atleast for it.
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Duncan

The ESSEC Programme is much more advanced. Unless your Italian is very much better than your French I would walk away from the sunk cost and take a seat at ESSEC. Frankly, they will probably advise you to do the same given the choice.

The ESSEC Programme is much more advanced. Unless your Italian is very much better than your French I would walk away from the sunk cost and take a seat at ESSEC. Frankly, they will probably advise you to do the same given the choice.
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maury

Indeed, ESSEC is definitely a stronger school, given the overall school's status in the various rankings. MIP is a great value for what it is but if you can afford ESSEC this would most likely be better over the long-term (unless you had a specific interest in working in Italy versus working in France.)

Language will obviously be an issue for post-program jobs in those countries, but you probably know that already...

Indeed, ESSEC is definitely a stronger school, given the overall school's status in the various rankings. MIP is a great value for what it is but if you can afford ESSEC this would most likely be better over the long-term (unless you had a specific interest in working in Italy versus working in France.)

Language will obviously be an issue for post-program jobs in those countries, but you probably know that already...
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Hi
Thanks Duncan and Maury for the advice. I will be joining Essec after they offered me a 5000 waiver. It was always my first preference but the costs were over my budget untill they offered me financial aid.

Regards

Hi
Thanks Duncan and Maury for the advice. I will be joining Essec after they offered me a 5000 waiver. It was always my first preference but the costs were over my budget untill they offered me financial aid.

Regards
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