MBB LA (i.e. student at MBB target school applying to offices in opposite coast?)
I'm a junior at an east coast target school (3.8 GPA, think Princeton/Columbia/Penn) but am looking at offices on the west coast (have just always wanted to try living in the west coast)! I know my school is a target for east coast offices like NY - but I'm struggling to see alumni from my school at some of the MBB LA offices that I could potentially network with/talk to.
Is this going to negatively impact my chances of being accepted/at least called back for a first interview? Do LA offices prefer to recruit from schools like UCB and Stanford as opposed to Ivies? Any advice?
Thanks so much :)
i know for some of the schools you mentioned, MBBs will typically host San Francisco-specific info sessions during normal pre-COVID times
Others probably have a better idea of the specifics, but from what I've seen typically half of the incoming MBB undergrads come from Ivies while the other half are from local schools for SF/LA offices.
Thanks! Do you have any tips with networking with those offices? I was worried that there'd be a disadvantage because I literally can't find any alumni on LinkedIn in the office and I only just decided I'm going to be putting LA as my first choice this week, 3 weeks til apps are due so I haven't talked to anyone in those offices yet.
There's lots of Ivy kids in the west coast offices (Seattle/SF/LA), honestly as much or more than the Stanford's/UCs so I'd definitely apply. There is a large skew towards Ivy+ kids in MBB in general regardless of office.
Thanks! Do you have any tips with networking with those offices? I was worried that there'd be a disadvantage because I literally can't find any alumni on LinkedIn in the office and I only just decided I'm going to be putting LA as my first choice this week, 3 weeks til apps are due so I haven't talked to anyone in those offices yet.
if you're from columbia, doesn't hurt to hit up penn alum and vice versa. phrase it like "oh i saw you went to school on the east coast and wanted to hear what it's like working in LA"
Go on your university's alumni database (if they have one) and cross-reference from LinkedIn. I had no problem finding alum in west coast offices from my Ivy using this technique, don't know if your Ivy has the same resources/network but definitely take a look. Also: networking for MBB's holds very little weight in general (in comparison to finance especially), so I wouldn't worry too much about it. Your GPA and resume (if strong) can carry you to the first round at which point it becomes all about how well you can case/get along with the interviewer.
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