MBA v. Summer Analyst
I'm a sophomore at a semi-target to target school. Basically I'm faced with a dilemma that I can graduate in 3 years with a finance degree and a minor but I would have to spend my sophomore summer on campus for school then I would do a one year MBA at my school (top 25 b-school although we are known for undergrad business and ranked usually top 5 and top 1 or 2 on some lists). The summer between graduating and one year MBA I would have to be on campus to start the MBA program as per the one-year program.
So my question is this. in 4 years should I get my MBA and undergrad major +minor without doing any summer analyst jobs or anything (I could do winter break and spring break programs and my school has project affiliations during the school year I could work on with top companies in IBD. Or should I take 4 years to get my undergrad degree and minor (maybe two minors) and work both summers in IBD summer analyst roles (I think I can land an internship both summers based on connections I have).
thanks!
Any advice is greatly appreciated.
Obviously the second. Are you serious ?
so having two years summer analyst IBD is better than an MBA? I thought with an MBA you could start as an associate and thats a lot better than as an analyst, right?
No bank hires MBAs without work experience, to my knowledge. My BB IBD had zero.
No. If you're doing a 3/2 MBA those guys start off as analysts.
Even if you do somethign else and then come back later you will still have a much easier time breaking in with an IB internship on your resume.
Don't get an MBA w/o work experience. If you don't have anything to contribute and experiences to leverage it has no value.
Know only one person at my bank who did undergrad straight to MBA and they had to start as an analyst.
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