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In France there might be another dominant selection process other than cost (e.g. attending the 'right' schools, which again might be a matter of what connectio
by hnhg 7y ago
In France there might be another dominant selection process other than cost (e.g. attending the 'right' schools, which again might be a matter of what connections you've had, or if you can afford to live in the catchment area).
For example, I've known people who have been hired at very prestigious law firms, and told outright that they were pleased to see they attended a "very good" (i.e. elite) high school.
Meanwhile, in the USA a friend has to deal with $300k+ costs of pursuing Medicine while living in the Bay area. They are from a wealthy family though.
- arethuza 7y agoAttending the "right" school is a huge factor here in the UK - at least in some areas (law and politics being the most obvious examples).
- C1sc0cat 7y agoIts the same in France - though those that go to ENA are an order of magnitude more competent than some one who does a PPE at Oxbridge.
- arethuza 7y agoI suspect the attitude in the relevant areas of the UK to your comment would be to be dreadfully amused at the idea that "competence" was a relevant factor ;-)
- C1sc0cat 7y agoSadly your right, I am sure the student we had on our team is now some one senior in the French civilservice.
- barry-cotter 7y agoÉNA is a training college for civil servants. It’s more comparable to the Harvard Kennedy School than PPE. If HKS only admitted people who had undergraduate Firsts and two years of top decile work experience to the MPA they’d look pretty great, like ÉNA does.
- C1sc0cat 7y agoThat was the point the PPE is seen in Oxbridge by other students as an easy degree.