Real Estate to MBA

How common is it go from a top Real Estate Private Equity or Real Estate Debt Fund to an MBA? (Think Apollo/KKR/Ares/Oaktree). I know a lot of institutional investors like seeing a big MBA name on the partners when they are looking to invest, so I'm considering going for a HBS/GSB/Wharton after 3-4 years in the industry.. I would assume this is very doable but are there any things I could do to optimize my chances?

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That background is plenty good enough to get into H/S/W, or at least H/W. Real estate isn’t as overrepresented as consulting or general finance so you’re a little more interesting than others are. Those are all strong enough shops to get you into the top bschools as long as the rest of your application is solid.

Coming from someone who went to H/S/W.

 

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