Looking for advice: Choosing French M2 program
Hello, I'm an undergraduate student in maths. My goal is to be a quant researcher (P-quant, and not necessarily in France) after finishing my PhD, and I will apply for a french M2 (2nd year of master) program in 2 years. I've found that there are generally two types of M2 for quant:
Stochastic analysis focused. Main examples: El Karoui, M2MO, M2 quantitative finance ...
ML-focused. Main examples: MVA, IASD (ex-MASH), MS2A at Sorbonne, ...
From what I've heard, currently P-quant uses more and more Machine Learning stuff, hence it's more optimal to choose an ML-focused M2 program. However, those stochastic-focused ones have been so prestigious, that I've seen people say "El Karoui is a must". When french professors talk about getting into quant, they immediately think of El Karoui, but I suspect that this path goes towards Q-quant instead of P-quant.
What's your opinion? Thanks in advance for your advice and suggestions.