Non-target undergrad, does it help if I do MSF or MBA in a Target school?

Hello all,

Title pretty much self-explanatory but yeah. Went to a non-target for my undergrad and now I am recruiting full-time. I am reading WSO, I would say that there is a strong bias of non-target kids not being intellectually the same as target kids but in my case it is as simple as I came too late into the US to make correct choices on my undergrad and I was too busy working everyday after school to support my family on this change. I am thinking to do a MSF or MBA in a target school to help my cause and break that belief about target and non-target thing because I think is ridiculous. I have worked hard to build a life in another country, with a different language to have silly problems like that preventing me from following my passion. Thank you and waiting on your take.

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Thank you much appreciated. In terms of timeline, I am currently recruiting for full-time and I have had 1 year experience in M&A, if I don’t get a FT position for next May as I am graduating, should I jump into MSF or MBA right away?

 

Most people in my class had at least a few years experience and if I had to guess ~80% were 25-29 at the start of the program. There was one person in my class who went to MBA straight from undergrad and their best BB offer was to join as a senior analyst with opportunity for promotion in the first cycle. Not saying you’d have that same experience, but something to consider.  

 

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