best university to become a trader

Hello everyone, I am French and I want to be a trader in a big bank on Wall Street or in a hedge fund (I know I am quite ambitious! 😅) I was accepted for the bachelor's degree in maths at epfl and in the preparatory class for the "Grandes ecoles" such as polytechnique, central Paris,... I was also accepted for the Maths-Info license at Dauphine. What do you recommend that I do ? thanks in advance.

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Go to prepa grand Ecole keep pushing then HEC/ESSEC or X, Centrale then you’re good to make billions

 

Don’t ask on this forum they don’t know anything about the French school system. 
 

Ce que je te conseillerais c’est de partir en prepa si il s’agit d’une top prepa et que tu ressens le besoin de souffrir pendant 2 - 3 ans. En réalité, tu n’auras aucun bénéfice à faire une classe prepa mise à part si ta prepa envoie régulièrement des élèves dans les top écoles car si jamais tu souhaites tout de même intégrer une top école d’ingénieur ou top école de commerce tu pourras le faire plus facilement avec l’EPFL ou Paris Dauphine. Soit dit en passant, tu peux également finir trader avec les masters de Paris Dauphine (203, 272, Magistère BFA etc …) 

 

Lol I’m French, I’m not even saying that he shouldn’t ask on this forum to trash talk, it’s an extremely good ressource for advice regarding finance it’s just that this forum is more centered around the British / American school system.

 

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