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Hi,
I have an offer from Ross and Cornell 2 YR full-time MBA program. My goal is to switch from my current MBB management consulting role in India to top-tier IB in the US. While I am aware that Ross is ranked higher than Cornell, the latter has the location benefit of being closer to Wall Street. Can anyone help with their perspective on what would be better given the career goal of breaking into IB, as an international student with no background in Finance.
Thanks in advance.
I have an offer from Ross and Cornell 2 YR full-time MBA program. My goal is to switch from my current MBB management consulting role in India to top-tier IB in the US. While I am aware that Ross is ranked higher than Cornell, the latter has the location benefit of being closer to Wall Street. Can anyone help with their perspective on what would be better given the career goal of breaking into IB, as an international student with no background in Finance.
Thanks in advance.
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Hi ibfanmba ..
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Many congratulations for the admits
I request souvik101990, variantguy and bb to suggest you. 
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Congratulations @ibfanmba!
I applied to both of these schools as well. However, my post-MBA goals are geared more towards tech and entrepreneurship, and all my networking/research on both these schools was around that, so, unfortunately, I would not be the best person to add value to the discussion here.
Just a glance at the latest placement reports (which I'm sure you've already gone through) suggests that Ross sent ~29-30 students into IB at an average salary of 146k and median sign-on bonus of 50k. Those figures for Cornell are 58 students going into IB, average salary 141k, and average sign-on bonus ~54k. I believe the proximity to NYC has a role to play here.
Having said that, since you mentioned that you're 'an international student with no background in Finance,' I think a couple of questions you should probably be asking are:
Another factor to consider while you compare these two schools is what your plan B is for recruiting? I'll go ahead and assume it's consulting, because of your background. Consulting numbers and salaries, seem to be higher at Ross than Cornell. And consulting recruitment prep at Ross is super-structured and works wonders for even those with no consulting background. And because of larger batch size on average at Ross, I would assume that its alumni base in consulting/MBB would be larger as well - another factor to consider.
These are my two cents, but curious to hear what others have to say.
Meanwhile, this thread might be of some use: https://gmatclub.com/forum/booth-vs-cornell-312445.html#p2423528
I applied to both of these schools as well. However, my post-MBA goals are geared more towards tech and entrepreneurship, and all my networking/research on both these schools was around that, so, unfortunately, I would not be the best person to add value to the discussion here.
Just a glance at the latest placement reports (which I'm sure you've already gone through) suggests that Ross sent ~29-30 students into IB at an average salary of 146k and median sign-on bonus of 50k. Those figures for Cornell are 58 students going into IB, average salary 141k, and average sign-on bonus ~54k. I believe the proximity to NYC has a role to play here.
Having said that, since you mentioned that you're 'an international student with no background in Finance,' I think a couple of questions you should probably be asking are:
- How many international students typically recruit for and land IB jobs at both Ross and Cornell?
- How many non-finance background students recruit for and land IB jobs at both Ross and Cornell?
I doubt you will get official or 100% accurate figures here, so you'll have to talk to a few current students and figure this out.
Another factor to consider while you compare these two schools is what your plan B is for recruiting? I'll go ahead and assume it's consulting, because of your background. Consulting numbers and salaries, seem to be higher at Ross than Cornell. And consulting recruitment prep at Ross is super-structured and works wonders for even those with no consulting background. And because of larger batch size on average at Ross, I would assume that its alumni base in consulting/MBB would be larger as well - another factor to consider.
These are my two cents, but curious to hear what others have to say.
Meanwhile, this thread might be of some use: https://gmatclub.com/forum/booth-vs-cornell-312445.html#p2423528
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Hi ibfanmba ..
Many congratulations for the admits I request souvik101990, variantguy and bb to suggest you.
Many congratulations for the admits
I request souvik101990, variantguy and bb to suggest you.
