Dream job vs masters?
Landed my dream job on the buy-side out of undergrad despite shitty grades. I'm in the EU and have a lower second class (equivalent to 2.50-3.00 gpa in the US). I also managed to try hard for the GMAT to get a decent score (700+) and got into a decent masters program in management, however. Should I take the analyst offer or pursue the masters program? It might be more practical right now to take the analyst offer, but I'm worried about the chances of getting into a good MBA (M7) later on. I think that taking a pre-experience masters program before the MBA kind of covers my undergrad years. What should I do?
If it's your dreamjob, you should take it. You could always do a masters later on. That's just my idea.
How would I get into a good MBA without covering my grades with another master though?
So what do you plan to achieve with an MBA if you have already landed your dream job?
This is indeed a tricky situation, but a good one to be in nonetheless, you've got two, in my opinion, good options here. I would say that experience can be as valuable as a master's at this stage in your career if it is relevant to your future career plans, AND an MBA will require some experience anyway. Depending on how you feel that you would cope with a master's and where this would leave you in a year - whether you can get another job - it may be worth it. I'm not sure how helpful it is, but it really depends on if this dream job leads to where you want to be. If it does, why change it? If it doesn't have a go at adding value to yourself and then taking that dream step.
This is actually my stituation & reasoning hahaha. Why would US b-schools not care about masters GPA (MiM/MSF/etc.) and how sure are you of this?
If you want to do an MBA in the future, it does not make sense to do a MiM now. MiM programme leaders advise against pursuing an MBA after doing a MiM because they both cover very similar content and provide a similar experience.
I would advise you to take your dream job now and try to progress as much as possible up the career ladder so MBA admissions know you'd be a quality candidate.
"MiM programme leaders advise against pursuing an MBA after doing a MiM because they both cover very similar content and provide a similar experience." Where did you see this? Source?
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