Which b-schools should I be targeting?

In my first year as an associate at a PE firm and starting to think about where I want to go to b-school. Would appreciate it if any of you can suggest where I should be competitive:

undergrad: non-target top 50 GPA: 3.5 (rounded) GMAT: 720 Work: 2 years at a BB, 2 years at a PE fund not KKR but still >$10bn ECs: None......biggest problem

thanks guys

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University of Phoenix. Come on man, let's be honest, if you're not at KKR what are you REALLY doing here?

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What's your ethnicity? Male or Female? Age?

Not going to comment on your chances as I have no idea, but the above three would probably be worth answering as well so that someone familiar with the B-School process can give you a detailed response.

 

Questions: When people refer to EC's needed for MBA admissions do they mean extracurriculars from college or that people are doing stuff on the side from work?

 
MBA_BossIn my first year as an associate at a PE firm and starting to think about where I want to go to b-school. Would appreciate it if any of you can suggest where I should be competitive:

undergrad: non-target top 50 GPA: 3.5 (rounded) GMAT: 720 Work: 2 years at a BB, 2 years at a PE fund not KKR but still >$10bn ECs: None......biggest problem

thanks guys

You are already an associate in your second year? Why would you want to go back to school for 2 years?
 
JimYoung
MBA_BossIn my first year as an associate at a PE firm and starting to think about where I want to go to b-school. Would appreciate it if any of you can suggest where I should be competitive:

undergrad: non-target top 50 GPA: 3.5 (rounded) GMAT: 720 Work: 2 years at a BB, 2 years at a PE fund not KKR but still >$10bn ECs: None......biggest problem

thanks guys

You are already an associate in your second year? Why would you want to go back to school for 2 years?

That's the typical career path for buy-side... 2 years IB, 2 years PE, MBA, then back to PE.

 

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