Internship vs Work experience

What would be more beneficial for admission to a b-school: working on the base level with a company doing development using plenty of excel and programming or an internship at some financial firm or insurance company?

Thanks again!

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I was thinking more of MSF or MFE, but MBA is still a possibility.

And I will definitely check it out, message me if you dont mind with it so I don't miss out on it. I'm still new here, learning the navigation tricks still.

 
MagicKnightsI was thinking more of MSF or MFE, but MBA is still a possibility.

And I will definitely check it out, message me if you dont mind with it so I don't miss out on it. I'm still new here, learning the navigation tricks still.

It should be on the front page at around 3 PM eastern today. Will be hard to miss. It is about getting into graduate school with poor GPA, maybe you can pick up a few things from it.

 
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MSF and MFE are two completely different degrees, which will lead to different careers. Make sure you understand the difference.

MFE/MQF/MSMF/MSCF degrees have three components: math, programming, and finance. MFE will place into quant/risk roles. Most MFE programs don't require work exp., but you'll have a better change if you have programming/bb IT exp. (you probably won't be accepted unless your u-grad degree is in engineering, math, stats, or computer science... less than 5% are finance majors)

MSF is just as it sounds... finance. MSF will place into analyst roles. MSF/MBA usually prefer full-time work exp. A finance/accounting major should be able to get into one of these programs.

I'll do what I can to help ya'll. But, the game's out there, and it's play or get played.
 

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