Competitiveness for T14 MBA (London Auditor 5YoE)

Hi All,

Just wanted to get a sense-check on how competitive my profile would be for a worthwhile (read: T14) MBA in the US. I'm a US citizen but have lived in London (and gone to university here) for the entirety of my professional life. A brief summary is: 

- IB school in Central Europe (42/45)
- Top 5 non-Oxbridge UK university - First-class BSc Economics
- Top 5 non-Oxbridge UK university - Merit MSc Public Policy (don't even ask me why, I had no idea what I was doing ...)
- Big 4 audit - 2 years (fired because of one set of exam failure)
- Big 4 audit - 1 year (left because it was very boring and the work environment was quite toxic)
- Non-Big 4 FS audit (PE) - last 2 years. Assistant manager now.

Motivations would be mainly financial (obviously) and to make a 180 degree career change into consulting at MBB/T2 post-MBA. The goal is to stay in the US after the MBA, of course. The main hangup is the debt which would be exorbitant, especially from the perspective of a European. 

Would appreciate any advice and any thoughts any of you might have. 

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