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22 Dec 2019, 22:08
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Hi everyone,
Before i start this conversation, I would like to thank all of you for the insightful feedback you provided.
I have been reading this forum for more than 2 years!
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Background information:
European finance guy, I have been working in corporate finance for more than 4 years, and almost 2 years in private equity, middle market - focus on real estate.
I would like to work in Asia post MBA, as I have been working in Europe most of the time (London, and Luxembourg).
Career goal:
Join a megafund in Asia: Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong or Singapore would be the target cities as I travelled there and loved the food and culture. I am fluent in mandarin.
I attended some students hosted events in each of the school, reached out some alumni and had the following bottom lines:
1. Booth is the best choice for finance and PE if I want to stay in the US - brand name in Asia is not as strong as the other schools
2. MIT is best for innovation and biotech, so I would be a choice to consider if I desire to focus on those area in PE - but not a lot of PE alumni
3. Yale brand is the best of the 3 in Asia and Alumni are very easy to reach
So far, my heart goes for Yale, but I am really not sure about the fit with my post MBA in PE goals.
Thank you very much for your time!!
Before i start this conversation, I would like to thank all of you for the insightful feedback you provided.
I have been reading this forum for more than 2 years!
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Background information:
European finance guy, I have been working in corporate finance for more than 4 years, and almost 2 years in private equity, middle market - focus on real estate.
I would like to work in Asia post MBA, as I have been working in Europe most of the time (London, and Luxembourg).
Career goal:
Join a megafund in Asia: Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong or Singapore would be the target cities as I travelled there and loved the food and culture. I am fluent in mandarin.
I attended some students hosted events in each of the school, reached out some alumni and had the following bottom lines:
1. Booth is the best choice for finance and PE if I want to stay in the US - brand name in Asia is not as strong as the other schools
2. MIT is best for innovation and biotech, so I would be a choice to consider if I desire to focus on those area in PE - but not a lot of PE alumni
3. Yale brand is the best of the 3 in Asia and Alumni are very easy to reach
So far, my heart goes for Yale, but I am really not sure about the fit with my post MBA in PE goals.
Thank you very much for your time!!
22 Dec 2019, 22:30
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Welcome to GMAT Club, I guess, glad we were able to finally convince you to sign up and register, at the very end of your journey! 
Congratulations on your admits and good luck with the selection - looks like quite a spread.
I can't talk about recruiting in AP but in the US, Yale is the weakest of all your programs/schools. Sorry to rain on the parade here. MIT does a ton of Finance research has a stronger connection with PE and experimental/theoretical finance stuff. Booth does even more focusing on Finance, PE, Asset management, etc but Booth's name is not as well known as MIT's. So my immediate gut feel would be MIT. What draws you to Yale?
P.S. I have no idea about INSEAD in PE. They are killers in consulting and very strong in Asia with a campus in Singapore but I have no idea bout PE/Finance. It is a 1-year program... The only I believe out of all of your other options. Does that help or hurt you?
Congratulations on your admits and good luck with the selection - looks like quite a spread.
I can't talk about recruiting in AP but in the US, Yale is the weakest of all your programs/schools. Sorry to rain on the parade here. MIT does a ton of Finance research has a stronger connection with PE and experimental/theoretical finance stuff. Booth does even more focusing on Finance, PE, Asset management, etc but Booth's name is not as well known as MIT's. So my immediate gut feel would be MIT. What draws you to Yale?
P.S. I have no idea about INSEAD in PE. They are killers in consulting and very strong in Asia with a campus in Singapore but I have no idea bout PE/Finance. It is a 1-year program... The only I believe out of all of your other options. Does that help or hurt you?
22 Dec 2019, 23:31
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With the objective of being in PE and no direct route available, you need to understand what MBA brand will catapult you to a PE firm in Asia.
I know a lot of people on this forum will disagree with me here, but I think I have an approach for you.
So this will be a two step process: The approach here should be to start (post MBA job) in IB and then leverage the IB experience + MBA brand to move to PE in Asia.
Now that you know that Yale has better brand value than the other schools... get an MBA from Yale, get an IB job from there and then leverage the IB experience + Yale MBA to get your dream PE job.
If you look at BlackStone (among the largest PE firms), most have an MBA, then they worked in IB and then they transitioned to PE.
That could be your path to PE.
Yale has a sizable number going to IB. So you can’t go wrong with Yale, can you do better - sure, but you need an MBA brand that’s recognized in Asia
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I know a lot of people on this forum will disagree with me here, but I think I have an approach for you.
So this will be a two step process: The approach here should be to start (post MBA job) in IB and then leverage the IB experience + MBA brand to move to PE in Asia.
Now that you know that Yale has better brand value than the other schools... get an MBA from Yale, get an IB job from there and then leverage the IB experience + Yale MBA to get your dream PE job.
If you look at BlackStone (among the largest PE firms), most have an MBA, then they worked in IB and then they transitioned to PE.
That could be your path to PE.
Yale has a sizable number going to IB. So you can’t go wrong with Yale, can you do better - sure, but you need an MBA brand that’s recognized in Asia
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