26M, want to move from Tech Sales into Investment Banking/Consulting

Hello all,


I have been considering doing an MBA and have started preparing for the GMAT test.

I live in the UK and currently work in tech sales but want to move into investment banking or tier 1 consulting.


MBA Info


Work Experience:

  • 1 year of corporate law internships
  • 1 year of junior sales role at a software company
  • Promoted laterally when I moved to Gartner (will be 1 year soon)
  • Plan is to move to Google or AWS next year and work there for a year or 2
    • That gives me 4-5 years work exp

Extracurriculars:

  • Created a business whilst at university (generated a few $hundred pm, nothing huge)
  • Was part of the exec team in a few university societies

Education:

  • Top 5 university in the UK (either UCL or LSE) - studied History (achieved 67% 2.i - equivalent to a 3.7/4 GPA)

Nationality: British

Sex: Male

Age: 26 (will be applying to start in September 2023 when I would be 28)

GMAT: Haven't done it yet but I am aiming for a score of 720+

GPA: All my education has been in the UK so we don't have GPAs


Do I have a realistic shot at the following two things:

  1. Getting into a good school
  2. Moving into IB or consulting

Thanks

 

Tech sales is great but I have always wanted to be an investment banker.

Main reasons:

1) working with financial data and doing valuations and modelling

2) I am a strong interest in finance and the stock market

3) IB is a better career in terms of pay

4) working on high-profile transactions

 

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