Trending Content - Business School and GMAT Forum
Career Resources
WSO Free Modeling Series - Now Open Through
June 30, 2026
9 Free Financial Modeling Lessons
Get instant access to lessons taught by experienced private equity pros and bulge bracket investment bankers including financial statement modeling, DCF, M&A, LBO, Comps and Excel Modeling.
+Bonus: Get 27 financial modeling templates in swipe file
+Bonus: Get 27 financial modeling templates in swipe file
High Finance Applications
Guaranteed
Get at least one offer GUARANTEED
- 1:1 support
- 92% success rate
- 2,000+ mentor network
- Unlimited Live bootcamps
- AI for resume + LinkedIn
- Networking automation tools
- HireVue simulation tool
- Full course library
- Private Slack community
- 20hrs of mocks
- + much more...
Use the search function. M7(not in order): Stanford, Harvard, Wharton, Columbia, Sloan, Booth, Kellog.
It does not show up when you enter this question into WSO. Also I am aware of who is in the M7, I’m asking what a target MBA is
Target for what? Target for IB? PE? Consulting? All M7 will give you the opportunity to recruit well for those roles.
What about top 15? I don't think I have a great shot at getting into an M7. How would, let's say Dartmouth or Duke stack up in terms of opportunity relative to M7? What if you only got into a top 20 such as UT, are you still a "target" for those 3 industries you listed?
Target for PE/VC: HSW
Target for MBB consulting: M7 + T10 (maybe T15)
Target for T2 Consulting: T20-T25
Target for BB IB: T15-20
There are some cases where people make it into paths that their schools are not hyper targets for, it doesn't happen super often, but happens quite a bit depending on your pre-MBA background/demographics, etc.
Those broad buckets are generally right but then they become more granular depending on the industry. For example, at a Wharton/CBS/Booth you have much higher odds of landing at an EB (Evercore, PJT, Centerview, Lazard) than if you went to other T15-20 schools. Of course, there are exceptions (Stern is still great for IB, so is Darden) but that's the idea. I'd think of it more as a sliding scale of desirability for groups/firms.
Fairly accurate. T25 does fairly well for MM/smaller boutique IB firms too.
There are some schools that are a target for an industry. E.g. Stern for IB, Fuqua for Consulting, Anderson for media
Nam dolores ut inventore ratione eius. Est quia qui dolorem. Ipsa iusto praesentium et et odio vel. Voluptate nostrum sed tenetur est eveniet magnam et.
See All Comments - 100% Free
WSO depends on everyone being able to pitch in when they know something. Unlock with your email and get bonus: 6 financial modeling lessons free ($199 value)
or Unlock with your social account...