IFC Investment Analyst VS Baird 3rd Yr Analyst

Hi, I have 2+ year experience from a 2nd tier BB and have just left the firm. I have got offers from both IFC (PE arm of World Bank) and RW Baird IBD. I hope to go to top notch MBA after another 1~2 year work. Utimately, I would like to move to top tier PE (preferred) or top tier BB (IBD or principal investment). Which one fits more? in terms of b-school? in terms of utimate career goal?

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50-55 hour work weeks, $85k salary, and wait for it....... $0.00 bonus.

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We're not lawyers. We're investment bankers. We didn't go to Harvard. We Went to Wharton!

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