Hi all,
I am a rising junior and I had some questions regarding to the potential benefit of certain programs. I have explored other forums on the topic but have not found conclusive answer to whether or not it would be beneficial to either pursue: 1. Accelerated MBA (my school has a highly regarded AMBA program). 2. JD/MBA directly out of undergrad. 3. MBA directly out of undergrad (top 15 would be the goal).
Now I am well aware of the difficulty of achieving #2 or #3 at top 5/ top 10 programs but I have a fairly strong transcript in terms of GPA, EC's, internship experience, and a track record of entrepreneurial activity. I also am aware that my primary focus should be on my final two years of school. The reason I ask is that I had originally scheduled to take the LSAT this coming fall and the GMAT shortly thereafter. I wouldn't want to create additional stress if it is not recommended to come out as a 23 year old MBA or a 25 year old JD/MBA anyways, given the perceived opportunity cost of 2-4 years of graduate study. Where do direct MBAs start in the IB/PE/HF corporate ladder? Is their career progression likely to be fast tracked at the very least?
If when the time comes I don't get in... I can of course deal with that. But I would be remiss to undergo a fairly significant endeavor of attempting such if at the end of the day it might not even benefit my career...
Thank you for any and all suggestions and comments,
well even if you get into a top MBA program (very rare out of ugrad), you are going to be applying for associate level positions and i dont see why an employer would ever want to hire you compared to the other people with a few years of work ex.
maybe an option would be getting the mba and then applying to analyst roles and hoping to move up faster; though i dont know if this would happen in banking...that siunds like it would fit in consulting
Conclusive answer as in consensus? I've seen a few of these "direct to MBA" threads already and I feel like the overwhelming sentiment is to not go directly to b-school. I also share in that sentiment.
The only way it seems to work out okay is if you go JD/MBA since the JD is heavy on study and would make more sense to go straight from undergrad. But even then, it almost seems like a waste to get a JD but not take the bar or practice at least for a while. (Caveat: Got my MBA a few years ago and this is what my JD/MBA friends told me, even the ones that eventually wanted to go into finance/banking.)
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