Graduate Recruiting Timeline Questions

Ok, So I'm kind of confused by the process on which grad school recruiting works. I'm a part time student so I'll be graduating after 3 yeras instead of 2 so it's a little different for me, but not by much.

What is the schedule/timeline for typical MBA students?

Say for a student starting Fall 2014...

Start School August/September 2014
Do Summer recruiting - October 2014
School until April/May 2015
Summer Associate Internship - Summer 2015
School starts back Fall 2015
Graduate April 2016
Full time work starts sometime in 2016 after graduation

I'm just confused because if you're transitioning from a non finance role into an MBA to switch to IB or something, you'll have pretty much no knowledge what so ever from school about the way things work by the time summer recruiting would start in Octoberish and even by the time your internship starts you likely wouldn't have learned much either way.

Also, as everyone here is pretty much looking for SA and FT Analyst positions, is the timeline in regards to the associate recruiting pretty much the same times or is it faster, longer, done at a different time, etc?

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I'll be going through the recruiting process soon too so I'll let you know!

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ConfusedGradMonkey

I'm just confused because if you're transitioning from a non finance role into an MBA to switch to IB or something, you'll have pretty much no knowledge what so ever from school about the way things work by the time summer recruiting would start in Octoberish and even by the time your internship starts you likely wouldn't have learned much either way.

yeah... it is rough & the recruiting calendar is complete BS - but that is the way it is. Better start preparing for interviews right now & you will be a leg up when recruiting starts literally the day after your first class.

 

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