Advice on the best route to take for a Scottish Student looking to get into IB with an end goal of PE/VC/HF
Hello, an interesting topic of discussion. I'm looking to gain some insight on this if anyone is happy to provide. I'm currently in my last year of high school in Scotland aiming to get into IB/P (ideally the earlier the better of course). I have unconditionals for Edinburgh and St. Andrews for Economics and waiting on a decision from LSE and Cambridge. These past few weeks I've been considering the degree apprenticeship route as it will save me considerable debt and give me work experience (The main incentive being ACA qualified leveraging that qualification to get into BB IBD). I'm interested in finding out whether I should take the Audit ACA apprenticeship route at B4 (whilst staying at home) and do an MBA after (if this is even possible considering I won't have a bachelors?) I've been getting more and more unsure about the Edinburgh / St. Andrews route as there is, statistically always a chance I can simply not get a FO role like IB straight out of uni due to intensive competition nowadays and unluckiness and therefore end up at Big4 Audit on a 30k salary, something I could possibly have done straight out of school through the apprenticeship route.This is all seeming a bit of a blur to me and I would be delighted to get insight from anyone possible on what route is the healthiest and more surefire. I've even looked at software dev degree apprenticeship -> MBA -> Associate which is a testament to how all over the place my mind is currently.
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Walaikum Salam, Thank you so much for the nuanced and insightful reply. I appreciate you demystifying the career projection for me. I am currently in two worlds between Cambridge and Edinburgh as I have offers for both (Land economy and Economics respectively). Would love some insight whether the extra 40ish k in debt from Cambridge would be worth it for a more fruitful career both short and long term. I have been thinking about the perspective that you mentioned, being that Cambridge's competition would be fierce like no other and may actually hinder me in theory. Would be curious about where you'd go from here if you were in my position.
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