Whats better for MBA? or MBB?

Hey everyone,

I'm going to be an upcoming senior this next school year, and I'm wondering if should I focus on case interviews and try to get a full time offer at a Tier 2/3 consulting firm (ACN MC, PwC MC... etc) or Focus on technical software interviews and try to land a engineering position at a Big tech firm (GAFA)? Which path would be better for business school later on or even to lateral into MBB?

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Being at GAFA or MBB or even LEK, ATK, RB, OW and Parthenon-EY shows you're pretty much at the top of your respective field. I think choosing between the two depends on the school you want to do your MBA at; I have a feeling some may prefer MC and some Tech. I think the best way is to look at the classes of the last 2-3 years of the schools you had in mind and and see the pre-MBA background. That should give you a better idea.

If you look at this years HBS MBA class profile, 16% came from MC and 15% from Tech. At Wharton it was 26% MC and 9% Tech suggesting Wharton prefers MC.

 

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