HEC Paris

On campus is the easiest when you're studying. Apartments especially in Paris are even more expensive unless you are lucky.

I took the major "Europe" and I was disappointed by the quality of the courses. The teachers were mainly externals, not professors.

Studuying at HEC is very practical. Books were not used a lot and there were not a lot of exams. More often the evaluation was base on a case study, a presentation or a study paper. Presence at the courses is mandatory.

Not really.

The academic experience depends a lot on the major you choose. Apparently some of them are of very high quality (finance, marketing), mine was not. The local people at HEC come from upper social class and thus are not average French people. I felt that they were a little bit proud sometimes and everybody were not friendly. Students at HEC are also often very intelligent, a bit older and have already one or two diplomas.

Paris is an expensive city to go out, eat and do shopping. The rent at the campus was relatively high. Also mobile phone calls were more expensive than in my home country.