Hey all!
I came with a similar question a few months back, now I have follow up news:
short backstory: I am currently studying marketing (msc) at WU. I wanted to do the program primarily for a second exchange semester but got rejected twice without valid reason (reason being my GPA was not good enough but I had a 1.28 at that time). I have learned a lot concerning analytics in my degree until now (2. semester now). But I applied to catolica and NOVA in february for a management msc. because I want to pivot into strategy consulting / project management and my WU masters is not making me happy at all, also content wise not.
Now I got a 10% scholarship for catolica (management strategy track) and also got accepted into nova (management), which I did not expect at all.
As this is a significant financial investment too and I have no mentor or someone in consulting to help me with my decision to gather more information - is it worth it to quit WU and my job & apartment, go to NOVA for 3 semesters (so I'd finish one semester after my initial WU master's would be done) and is the roughly 30k investment (tuition + living costs together) feasible? I would love to one day work and live in London but also getting a work visa there is not easy - so also here: is NOVA a better bet than WU for recruiting? My parents do have the money but with catolica they were not a fan of me quitting but they also play it safe very often. For them it's always only the financial view which is understandable but also I'm 23 and I fear I will never have this opportunity again but would also like to be mindful of money and having to afford life and a move to another city after my academic journey - no matter which one I'll choose now.
Might be helpful: I've worked in project management and marketing as a parttime/working student now for 2,5 years, have my own mini photography business, wu bsc international business admin gpa 2.0 and now wu msc gpa 1.5, mckinsey forward program, google analytics certificate, austrian entrepreneurs certificate and a business consulting society member. I did also get positive answers from 2 smaller boutique consultancies in frankfurt for an internship and only "failed" to get an internship because of unavailable capacity in summer, but both said I should definitely reapply or tell them other possible starting dates.
also how important is the name of your masters and the uni name?
thank you a lot beforehand, i appreciate your insights!
