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Thanks @HauteFinance, you've effectively nailed the conundrum that I'm in. But I should have mentioned that I want to find a job in management consultancy or possibly IBs. I think they're not as focused on hiring econ or finance grads as one might think (plus I'm hoping that my econ undergrad should be enough of an indicator of my quant aptitude). I guess I do have to be really pro active about my job search but ex ante it just seems like the LSE's brand name would negate any advantages that Bocconi may have. I'd also lose out on a lot of networking opportunities and may have to depend mostly on the university's careers service which I do not think is on par with LSE's. @fakeo @jrdonsimoni I think I'm leaning towards LSE at the moment. Correct me if I'm wrong on this but I just don't think Bocconi's reputation (or BGSE's for that matter) is close to the LSE's when it comes to reputation in the City.

Hi, I am an economics major from a top 30 US university. I've been admitted to the MSc program in Economics at Bocconi University as well as the MSc program in Economy, Risk and Society at LSE (which is not very rigorous and more in the field of sociology than economics). After finishing the MSc I'm looking to work in Europe (preferably in London). Do you guys have any suggestions as to what I should do? On the one hand, Bocconi's MSc is supposed to be rigorous and well regarded by industry in EU area. However, I'd prefer to live and work in London and studying in London would give me a better opportunity to network and find a job based in London. Should I trade a more rigorous program for the possibly better opportunity that living in London provides? Any idea of job prospects in London?

Although you may not have cracked the top 15, congrats on the CEMFI admit though. I guess going through the program should make your profile stronger and give you a better shot next time around. Btw, if you don't mind me asking when did you receive your admission decision for CEMFI?

It's been a week since they've started sending out decisions yet I haven't heard anything yet, and I don't suppose anyone else here has either. This is starting to get extremely frustrating. Anyone here has any conjectures with regard to the order in which they're sending out decisions?

MPhil admits are up on gradcafe. Seems legit. Anyone here got any news yet?

Seems like they've already sent out most of their admits. Guess its's another implicit rejection. :(

Has anyone heard from CEMFI? They usually send out admits by the end of February.

So I guess it's rolling rejections and acceptances are probably sent out in March. I think the entire process is slightly different from the master's programmes.

So there's a new post up on the gradcafe forum claiming a rejection decision from the LSE MRes/PhD. I had no idea LSE sent out decisions this early in the admissions cycle. What do you guys think? I mean it could probably be just another worried troll trying to blow off some steam but it now has me very anxious and unable to stop myself from checking the gradcafe page every few minutes. Has anyone heard from LSE MRes/PhD yet? Also, any predictions as to which schools might be sending out decisions next. I believe Brown sent out admits pretty early in the last admissions cycle.

I applied sometime in December. At this point I think no news is good news so maybe you've got a better chance.

Yeah I already have a masters in econ. @MR14 Thanks for the reassuring words. Let's hope things work out well.

I've started this admission season badly with a rejection from UCL MRes. Has anyone here been admitted yet? Also if there's anyone who was rejected what do you fancy your chances are of ending up with a good admit? I must say I'm pretty worried now. Also, does anyone know if UCL MRes admits are mostly from the MSc program? Any previous admits here in TMland?