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Haha wow good thing you asked. Saying you want to live in NYC is a TERRIBLE reason for why you want an MBA. It doesn't even answer the question. Plenty of people live in NYC without getting an MBA. As for your career goals, saying you want to work in PE is what about a thousand other IB applicants will say, and without pre-MBA PE experience you'll have a much harder time. I'd probably drop that too. Make your application more interesting.. say you want to work in an industry you have some exposure to (be specific). You're one of a ton of IB people who want an MBA, make yourself stand out in some way. PE is not a good way to do that, and neither is continuing in IB. It's a good exercise in marketing yourself.

 

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