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pretty good at MBB but i think breaking into middle east MBB post MBA is much tougher becuase spots much less maybe someone with more experience can guide better but thats what i heard only know 3 people who have been there since 2018 but they joined undergrad level dont know any US MBAs who wen tthere excluding the 100k thing since its pretty unclear as to whether it applies to OPT i dont think chances that low for hire if that was case almost everyone from my batch would have returned but i agree for MBB IB Amazon the numbers would be 10 percent at best depending upon school

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I understand that part. That's not what i was trying to ask. So i have often seen people say i have 100k student loan or 200k student loan. I am trying to understand what that means. Does that mean they took 100k loan (which means the amount they would pay is actually more than that) or they are talking about the total amount they are to pay.

For instance i know someone who took 26k loan and meant to pay back around 40k. Does that mean 26k debt or 40k debt

oh yeah got it i guess it would be total to be repaid over 10 or 20 years depending on plan unless one pays it off aggressively. i think they would be talking about total figure because thats what you have to repay in normal terms

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When I say 200k — planning for worst case scenario is how I make my life decisions.

That includes 130-150k school fees + living expenses + interest at end of program

If you have scholarships and better loan terms adjust accordingly. All of you are in the hook for the amount at the end of MBA lol

For Boston this number is 160-180k for Michigan maybe 150k

Any idea what salary one could expect in i) MENA and ii) India in IB/consulting with M7 MBA?

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manufactuering is completely decimated per BLS i guess right now they wont be hiring much at all and they normally dont go for H-1bs either i think i guess most would only have consulting or tech as realistic option only know one person who got walmart from my circle

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Any idea what salary one could expect in i) MENA and ii) India in IB/consulting with T15 MBA?

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Precisely. Hence my statement that the chances of a hire as F1 is less than 5%

excluding the 100k thing since its pretty unclear as to whether it applies to OPT i dont think chances that low for hire if that was case almost everyone from my batch would have returned but i agree for MBB IB Amazon the numbers would be 10 percent at best depending upon school

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almost all of them got a job some took 3 some 6 some 10 11 months but all did per their profiles on linkeldn

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almost all of them got a job some took 3 some 6 some 10 11 months but all did per their profiles on linkeldn

Got it, thanks! Any one has any idea about Indian salaries post T15?

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Now let’s do the ROI math -

Debt = -$150k
Probability of tech job is 2%-5%
Job Starting salary = $180k
Stress of job search = -$10k (haha)

Best case scenario your EV at year 5? You all are smart — figure it out

What about consulting/banking

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And that too for someone with prior banking exp

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Banking is notorious for not hiring international. Again no one tells you this before Mba

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If not - normal hire conditions apply

I disagree a bit
Recruiters still will be wary to hire sponsorship candidates

They assume what if new rules comes tomorrow

It will never go back to pre-trump but it will be not as worse as we imagined

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The only place I think above analysis doesn’t apply are HBS and Stanford. That’s because they get access to VCs like I have never seen before (from my fund raising experience)

Are you founder or founding team ?
Looks like we have some overlapping interests