What is the salary progression for consulting careers?
1st year, 2nd year, 3rd year, mba, etc? Do most people just leave and go into industry, etc?

If the ultimate goal is to be a PM, which path should one take when starting right out of undergrad? Post MBA? What are the differences in their career progression? And how do the tasks differ as an entry level employee?

Hi all,

Was hoping to get some advice with regards to b-school as I'm considering going next year. Thinking I'd only go if I can get into a M7 and wondering what my chances would be like given my profile.

My background is that I went to a top public (UVa/UMich/Berkeley) and did a double major in math and econ and graduated with a shitty GPA (2.9-3.1 range). In terms of my internship experience before graduation, I interned at a F500 PWM company, top tech company (HP/Oracle/IBM/Dell/etc.) as a business analyst, an boutique incubator/accelerator, and BB BO/MO leadership rotational program.

If you were a year and a half from starting an MBA program, what would you do from this far out? Are there skills I should start learning? I want to make myself as hirable as possible for McKinsey / Bain.

Just wanted to see if there was anyone here that will be matriculating to Kenan-Flaglers full time MBA program this year?

just curious - for those guys in MBA programs or starting soon - how much savings did you have prior to starting? i can't tell if i've been fiscally irresponsible - but will have about 50k after 4 years working in nyc - 1 yr in banking, 3 at a startup. i definitely made less than my finance friends but traveled a ton etc/ lived well. just curious as i think about what i need to take out in debt.

PIMCO recruits at the top b-schools for account management, product management, and portfolio management. The latter is obviously the hardest to get, and it's one of my "dream" post-mba jobs. I would love to hear from anyone who has interviewed for this position and what the interview was like. Supposedly they only hire 1-2 MBAs per year for this role?

Haas
Ross
Darden
Fuqua
Johnson
Edit: Adding Yale SOM

Trying to narrow my list down for applications in the fall. I am thinking about applying to 2 or 3 of the 5, but there doesn't seem to be much information around online as far as which are the best for IB placement.

Location both during the MBA program and after don't matter too much to me.

Thank you

Hey everybody,

What do you think about, and how do you deal with, the loss of income when you go to grad school?

I've come to agree with WSO's advice of getting a job out of undergrad instead of trying to hit the MSF right away. It seems like the right choice (thanks all), but it's kicking a problem down the road - I come from a non-target and have bad grades.

At some point, I'll have to sacrifice a year's worth of income to do the MSF, unless my career shapes up so well that I can skip it and just go for a MBA later on.

I know there already is a big mba thread, but i would like to devote this one to traders or ex-traders. If you guys don't mind, post stats, what type of trading, schools applied to, results, and where you will be heading this fall. There aren't that many of us, so we should stick together!

I will get things started.

HYPSM undergrad, econ major, 3.78 gpa, 780 GMAT, BB trading on an exotic rates derivatives desk. Applied to HBS, Wharton, Booth, Columbia. Dinged at HBS after interview, accepted at the others. Starting Wharton this fall.

Which one looks better for a top 25 MBA program for a super non-target?

Thank you Monkeys

Hello WSO, I was hoping that someone could help me out. I am a medical doctor who is currently in residency training. I am from Texas, have an undergraduate GPA of 3.84 overall and a 4.0 in my major (biology) from my local state school, went to medical school in Texas, and then got in to a residency program in California. I was hoping someone on this forum could tell me in their opinion how top MBA programs view doctors applying to their program. Is an MD and advantage or a disadvantage? I don't have a gmat score, but I plan on taking the exam soon and am aiming for a 700+.

Hey guys,

I’m just looking for some quick advice for my own situation. I graduated this past year from what I would call a “shit state school” with mediocre-to-low grades in a non-business major (Political Science major, Economics minor) but with an awesome resume & great experiences (student government president, university board of directors, built a $2.6 million facility, etc.) Obviously struck out at a lot of places while networking like a ninja but finally managed to network my way into a regional office of a top commercial real estate services firm. Already managed to get bumped up to senior analyst and am being transitioned from the back office to the front office by the end of the month, am on some non-profit boards, etc.

Just to know, as I have some doubts, To be elegible for the MS in CS, do you need a STEM/CS undergrad degree?

Has any one here gone through the Toigo Fellow MBA Catapult superday, how was it? Could you tell me about the interview format?

Thanks in advance!

Why searching LinkedIn I came across this person's profile:

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/alexandre-perez-casare...

Why get get an MBA from Stamford and HBS?

Would the faculty be too POed?

Is it mostly more mathematized?

CEIBS Summer Pre-MBA Boot Camp is the ideal programme to let “you get your toes wet” before you take the dive. As part of an elite group of participants, you will have a unique opportunity to come to Shanghai for one week to live and experience China and the CEIBS MBA to the fullest. The programme will expose you to our MBA curriculum with some of our most distinguished professors as well as let you dive right into Shanghai life and China business, giving you a real feel of how things are done in this part of the world.

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Can anyone think of a reason other than opportunity cost?

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So this week some of us monkeys will hear final decisions from a number of top schools for round 2 admissions. I'm insanely nervous, much more than I thought I would be. Some of us will hear great news while others will be deeply disappointed. In advance of this week, some words of advice and thoughts. This is based on talking to countless students and alums from top schools, as well as a dean of admissions (i got a private meeting with this person only because a friend's dad is an alum and a huge donor), research, etc.

I currently work as an analyst at a middle market PE shop. Even though I am very happy here, I am planning on lateraling to another growth equity/ later stage vc fund somewhere in the West Coast in about 2 years. The other option im considering is waiting 3yrs so I can have a total of 4 years of experience and do an MBA. If I decide on doing an MBA,what top programs outside traditional "M7" would you recommend for a post-mba career in later stage VC, Growth Equity or Corporate Development? I have been thinking about Haas, Anderson and Tuck. Thanks for your help and I apologize my bad writing in advance.

Does anyone know if KPMG, EY, Accenture and/or PwC sponsor MBAs? And if so, can anyone provide any additional information to each firms process or point me in the right direction as to where I can find out?

Do top PE firms or MBB consulting firms care about gmat scores when they're recruiting MBAs? If so, what overall score and quantitative score would be considered impressive and what would be seen as a liability?

Been searching around the forums, cant find much discussion around this topic.

I'm trying to determine if there is a stigma attached to working as an Analyst at a boutique bank for 1 year and 6 months rather than a round two years. I'd be dropping out in June, taking a month or so off, and then starting with an "interesting" position (think a start-up incubator) for a year or two both to relax a bit, and hopefully look better for top 25 MBA's.

Any thoughts on this? Before the "stick it out for 2 years bro", it makes sense for me to drop. Small boutique, waning deal flow, no room for expanded responsibility etc. Basically I'm wondering if it will look super negative not to have finished out the two years.

I got an MSF after one year of financial related work, then have been working in boutique IB for 3 years. I want to move on from my firm but I am finding opportunities limited. I think Grad School (either MBA or Law) could give me more opportunities.

What do you think? Should I just keep working and try get an associate role somewhere or use MBA or Law to get associate role? I kind of don't want to go back to B-School since I already did MSF at top MSF program (think the best under Princeton/MIT).

Assume I can get into Top Ten Law and Top Twenty MBA.

As a resident and with scholarships, my total cost of tuition for an MBA at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business would be only about $20k. Not per year, but total. I know Kelley is not in the M7 or anything, but this is looking pretty good compared to the $150k+ that most top programs would cost. Is the OCR at Kelley so abysmal that it would justify spending the extra $130k elsewhere? Or would I have a good shot at IBD? Preferably for a BB, but MM would be alright.