From my personal experience (I just applied to bschool late 2013 and got admitted to Wharton/Columbia; I am a 1st year IBD Industry associate at Citi), it doesn't matter whether you come from an industry group vs. M&A group. They are one and the same. Frankly, I don't think they care about the nuances.
However, they care HUGELY about the name of the firm. The reason why I got dinged from HBS (among other factors) was because I came from Citi. Adcoms want to compose a diversified student body and they will only allocate a certain % of admits from a finance background. With this in mind, they clearly would rather have a kid from McKinsey or Disney learn about finance from a guy that worked at KKR / Bain Capital / Goldman, over someone like me who worked at Citi / BAML / Barclays / DB / CS.
If you have a choice between GS / MS / JPM (all better than the aforementioned tier that I work in), choose GS.
Thanks, extremely helpful. If anyone else has a view on this, or thoughts on the relative adcom prestige perception of of GS / MS / JPM , please let me know.
Sint eum deserunt est sunt. Sunt sed ducimus architecto assumenda sapiente vel. Iure ex iste illo error voluptatem.
See All Comments - 100% Free
WSO depends on everyone being able to pitch in when they know something. Unlock with your email and get bonus: 6 financial modeling lessons free ($199 value)
Sorry, you need to login or sign up in order to vote. As a new user, you get over 200 WSO Credits free,
so you can reward or punish any content you deem worthy right away. See you on the other side!
From my personal experience (I just applied to bschool late 2013 and got admitted to Wharton/Columbia; I am a 1st year IBD Industry associate at Citi), it doesn't matter whether you come from an industry group vs. M&A group. They are one and the same. Frankly, I don't think they care about the nuances.
However, they care HUGELY about the name of the firm. The reason why I got dinged from HBS (among other factors) was because I came from Citi. Adcoms want to compose a diversified student body and they will only allocate a certain % of admits from a finance background. With this in mind, they clearly would rather have a kid from McKinsey or Disney learn about finance from a guy that worked at KKR / Bain Capital / Goldman, over someone like me who worked at Citi / BAML / Barclays / DB / CS.
If you have a choice between GS / MS / JPM (all better than the aforementioned tier that I work in), choose GS.
Thanks, extremely helpful. If anyone else has a view on this, or thoughts on the relative adcom prestige perception of of GS / MS / JPM , please let me know.
do b-schools look at candidates the same way if they worked in a hedge fund prior to applying (think Bridgewater as far as prestige).
Bumping for more color, thanks.
Sint eum deserunt est sunt. Sunt sed ducimus architecto assumenda sapiente vel. Iure ex iste illo error voluptatem.
See All Comments - 100% Free
WSO depends on everyone being able to pitch in when they know something. Unlock with your email and get bonus: 6 financial modeling lessons free ($199 value)
or Unlock with your social account...