Hey, I thought I'd make this new thread for all Bocconi 2020 applicants.
A lot of the info on Bocconi seems very outdated so I thought a new discussion page to get new info would be a good idea. I read quite a few chats in which people seemed to have negative experiences in the uni and where the most positive responses seemed to come from fake accounts made by Bocconi staff, but those were from some 5-7 years ago.
Recent responses seemed more mixed/positive and youtuber "indePENNdence" made some great videos explaining more about the uni and helping out with applications, which made me get a more positive vibe from the uni. Other than that my school counselor (that I consider amazing when it comes to knowing about unis) visited Bocconi recently and complimented it. Other than that Bocconi has also jumped recently in international rankings (well... QS ranking is the only one I checked) and I think their teaching and acceptance standards have probably risen a lot for that reason, I'm hoping that at this point there is at least no major issue of language barriers with Italian teacher.
I myself am currently applying for the BIEM and BESS course and would personally like to know people's experiences with those courses, how the other students are, what the teaching quality is like, and whether there is a large quality-gap between the more well-regarded economics and business courses and the other ones. Finally, I heard from an Italian friend who has friends in Bocconi that the people there tend to be spoiled and "scummy". Could people who are currently enrolled in the uni comment on all of this?