Banking with an MBA

This might sound like a dumb question, but could a student who attended a non-target during their undergraduate years get into investment banking after getting an MBA from a top business school (think Harvard, Stanford, or UPenn), provided that his or her grades were solid all six years? Or will having gone to a non-target place him or her at a tremendous disadvantage? Been wondering this for a while.

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A person from a non target in their undergraduate years could get a job in banking. That's it. There's so many success stories on here about that. Just put in the effort.

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