I just got an offer to work as a research associate for a well known (Top-10) B-School. Will this increase my chances of getting into that B-School in 2-3 years? I would assume that a prof (my boss) would write a recommendation.
What about the chances of getting into another top B-School? (Playing the diversity / variety of viewpoints card right here)
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that job has little to no help in getting into b-school in my opinion
Are you sure? Look at Harvard's website for example:
http://www.hbs.edu/research/ra/career/
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of course they are going to say that Whiz boy
Are you saying they made it up? If they made it up, they would put Blackstone, KKR, Silver Lake, SAC Capital, HBS, Wharton, etc, not the companies and graduate programs they currently have up now.
How about we go get a Royale with Cheese and stop wasting our time here. Stop with your Pulp Fiction, gimp.
Anyone else? Clearly this BBMMBoutique guy is an idiot.
All strong work experience that shows leadership and the capacity to advance roles within an organization will help with B-school. The original question is somewhat moot. Will doing this be "better" than going to KKR... arguable =p it depends on your goals after B-school as well.
Can you be more specific and elaborate your statement above? "All strong work experience that shows leadership and the capacity to advance roles within an organization will help with B-school......" - do you have to be working in management level? a corporate job? does ranking of Fortune 500 of companies matter?
For example, a tax analyst from KPMG vs a MCD store manager?
If you can prove that you have made a significant impact on the company during your stay in the role, would a MCD store manager outweigh some analyst from KPMG?
Yes....know a Enterprise rental car "management trainee" (Those jobs that pay you ~35K/year) guy that got into Tuck.
It sounds like a lousy job. you're basically doing grunt work, and most of them won't get into HBS.
Well, I'm sure your boss knows how the admissions process works and has some pretty good insights into it. I would just be straight forward and honest with them. Tell them that you want to go to B-School in 2-3 years and ask what their placement record has been like, and ask what kinds of opportunities you'd have over the next 2-3 years to develop yourself and have stories to write about on B-School apps. If your future boss fumbles around the issue, then it's probably not a good bet. If he knows what he's doing and has a good conversation with you about it... it may be a good gig for what you want.
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