"I had thought about going to an engineering school since college.  My main teacher in my final year advised me to either attend a university institute of technology or classe préparatoire (two years of intensive study to sit entrance exams):  courses adapted to my personality, (I'm not someone made for the Faculty, there's too much working by yourself) but also that prepares you for all engineering schools. I chose the DUT (two year diploma) in GTR (Telecoms and Networks Engineering) that allows me to be versatile and to opt for a career in computing or electronics in the future.  I applied for different public engineering schools but also an ATS class for a refresher course that prepares you for join a public engineering school (because they take very few vocational training certificates or two year diplomas).
I was accepted in other schools but it was ESAIP I chose for its international aspect:  I went to Germany for a year between the fifth and sixth semester; I told myself that it could be good to continue in this direction and go abroad regularly.  This gives you lots of opportunities to find work because I could easily work in France or overseas. So I opted for a school that combines technology and linguistics, which coincides with the evolution of the European and world economy"..»