Part Time MBA vs. Full time MBA reputation

Anyone know if there're particular views that recruiters/employees have around full time MBA vs professional MBA (working full time professional attending night school) candidates that are looking to transition into IB/MC? Assume non-target private b school and professional mba gmat's waived vs full time. 

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Yeah, I’ve heard of some banks not even really giving PT students looks. I’m at T10 MBA and just did IB recruiting if that helps. I did see a few PT people at different schools end up landing some good gigs this summer, but it was markedly more difficult than my experience from what I was told.

I can’t really help you with the other fields as I don’t have recruiting experience in them. 

 

The major consulting firms do not value PT MBAs very much in most cases (the only PT MBA people I know are senior partners who got it while working for the same consulting firm)

Also, non-target recruitment isn't much of a thing for MBA consultants, so I would strongly advise you against going to a school that doesn't recruit into the jobs you want

 

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