Calling all CBS Applicants - (2015 Intake) Class of 2017

I have no relationship with the admission so this is just my 2 cents - perhaps they find moving into PE through MBA a bit unnecessary or unrealistic. I work in the PE industry currently. It is not true that nobody will be offered an interview without an MBA. given how small the PE firms generally are (in terms of head count compared with investment banks), they tend to be really selective just because they can. generally PE firms hire either IBD people or people who can source deals in the respective industry and therefore you may find it challenging to get an interview competing with these people given your background is not in IBD and may not offer strong industry connections. After the MBA, people who directly go into PE are typically bankers (pre-mba) or PE people (pre -mba). it will be challenging to take someone with your background immediately post MBA graduation. that being said, a more realistic goal will be to work in IBD after MBA with the intention to move into PE in 3-5 years.