Wharton EMBA San Francisco

I work with a family office in commercial real estate finance and while we've closed some larger deals, the going is pretty slow. I'm basically their capital market go-to person. Decision-making can be very off the cuff on their end and you can feel like your future is in someone else's hands and depends on what side of the bed they wake up on in the morning. I have a pretty solid network from senior-level people at all of the IB firms, banks, other PE firms, etc., but I always get the feedback that it's about the pedigree, etc. Not really interested in Wealth Mangement. Looking at the Wharton EMBA SFO program and going to an admissions reception on Saturday. I've been out of school for a while now, about twelve years of experience. Any suggestions on questions to ask or what they might ask?

 

I'm not sure if an executive mba could get you out of mortgages and into M&A or PE, but maybe. I'd be less worried about getting into the program than about whether you want to give them your money. I'd be curious to hear what some other posters think.

 

If it's some sort of info session, I doubt they'll ask you questions. You should be asking them questions about the different aspects of the program (i.e. admissions process, the people, curriculum, etc.).

As for getting an EMBA, I'm not sure that's the best way to go about career changing. The people that I know who have gotten it used it to supplement their careers. I don't know of anyone that used it to change careers, though that's not to say that it's impossible.

 

Thanks to both of you for your comments. Any suggestions on making the transition? Is the WSO training program worth it's salt? We've talked about putting together a fund together internally and my thought process is just to start building a track record and find an institutional partner later on the process if we go down that road. From what I read, fundraising is terribly difficult in this market right now if you're not Blackrock or Starwood.

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i think their SF campus is only part-time/executive MBA. if you are looking to do a part-time program, Wharton in SF is as good as any, as far as i know. can't really compare Wharton part-time to Boothe's full-time MBA though... apples and oranges.

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topspin330:
ahhh didn't know that. thanks for the info. so i guess i'll still have to go to east coast to get mba (provided that I get in) even if i want to do tech banking in SF.

I'm going into tech banking in SF after also doing it for the summer. This past summer I heard about or worked with summer associates in top-shops (BB & Elite Boutique) from pretty much all the top 10 MBA programs + UCLA & USC, so geography might not be the constraint you think it is.

If anything, an Executive MBA might hinder your chances compared to the standard Full-Time track, even if it's from Wharton.

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