I've got admitted to Duke Ms Quantitative Management (no $) and Rochester Simon MBA ($$$)
End goal is to work in an investment bank front office. Open to a bunch of different paths.
Please advice which one would place better.
International student so not sure how recognisable is Simon MBA..
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Duke will at least yield a great network for you.. stay away from Rochester Simon MBA. Nobody has ever heard of it and you will not have any FO opps
Thanks for the reply!
Really? Simon website states like 93% placement rate at average 120k before bonuses.. around 40% is in finance.. the ad com said they place mostly in new york..
Post MBA FO street standard is 150k, that right there should tell you that most are going to either commercial banking or MO/BO roles.
Simon would be a waste of your time. Are you open to analyst roles? As mentioned, that is where MS programs tend to land.
If you are on the younger side (27), I would say wait a year and reapply to T15 programs if you think you can get in. If not, my advice is to go to Duke. If you only want Associate roles, try and network your ass off and try try try to get into Fuqua recruiting (I have no idea if you will be allowed to do this). If you are open to Analyst, get in close with the undergraduate recruiting/clubs and follow the normal recruiting pathway for UG students.
How much work experience do you have? Duke MS will most likely place you as an analyst but it is tougher as I think it is a 1 year master, so you don’t have a chance to summer.
For MBA associate IB positions your chances drops off a cliff as soon as you pass the t15-20 programs, especially if you don’t have work experience before the program.
Hi.. sorry didn't provide background in the original post.. I'm 25, gre 321 (q 165 v 156), cfa all 3 levels, Have 3 years full time experience in no name audit firm & 2 years as of now in UBS bo in reg reporting.. most likely to get promoted this year to associate level
PS - all work ex in India not US..
Neither..Trust me.
Try for MSF at Vanderbilt if you are young with no full-time experience and targeting Analyst role. If you are targeting Associate roles in IB, skip Simon and re-apply to M7 or T15 MBA after 2-3 years of good work experience
Hi.. sorry didn't provide background in the original post.. I'm 25, gre 321 (q 165 v 156), cfa all 3 levels, Chartered accountant + accounting / stats major
Have 3 years full time experience in no name audit firm & 2 years as of now in UBS bo in reg reporting.. most likely to get promoted this year to associate level
PS - working in india not US
Not familiar with GRE scores but if that translates to 700+ then get th Associate promote and apply for MBA at Ross/Stern/Fuqua/Darden
Also please figure out before applying what you exactly want post bschool. “Open to multiple paths” wont work
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