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21 Dec 2015, 19:12
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Hello all. I know this is a b-school related forum, but I was hoping to get insight here since this board is more active.
I am in the very fortunate position of having an offer for both LSE's MSF and Vanderbilt MSF and I'm in the rather stressful position of picking between the two.
Let me give some background on myself:
American Technology consultant from HYP currently working in a small firm looking to transfer into a finance career (IB or strategy/financial consulting but looking for IB internships now). I currently do not have have an IB internship under my belt, nor any experience in finance so an internship would be a must.
I don't mind living in London for a couple of years if I can get a job there.
Obviously LSE has prestige, but I'm concerned about career opportunities to make the switch I need.
Two things come to mind:
1). Vanderbilt has excellent OCR. I'm confident that they can hook me up with IB in the US. As for LSE, I'm not sure how I can leverage that brand name in the US to get an internship or a full time offer.
2). If I want to do consulting, it seems that LSE places better than Vanderbilt's MSF. Any truth to this and does any one have more information?
3). Wait for an MBA. My work experience is **** (small tech-consulting company focused mainly on implementation work i.e. day to day coding). Getting an MBA would give me a better network and more opportunities, but I feel that if I'm at this company with not good work experience it'll be tough to break into a top 15 MBA. Also, I have only 1.5 years of work experience. How many years would I need for an MBA?
My stats:
3.758 gpa in Engineering
770 GMAT (50Q, 44V, 6 AWA, 8 IR)
1.5 years of experience (2 at matriculation)
What would you guys choose and why?
Thanks guys, I really appreciate any advice you can give me.
I am in the very fortunate position of having an offer for both LSE's MSF and Vanderbilt MSF and I'm in the rather stressful position of picking between the two.
Let me give some background on myself:
American Technology consultant from HYP currently working in a small firm looking to transfer into a finance career (IB or strategy/financial consulting but looking for IB internships now). I currently do not have have an IB internship under my belt, nor any experience in finance so an internship would be a must.
I don't mind living in London for a couple of years if I can get a job there.
Obviously LSE has prestige, but I'm concerned about career opportunities to make the switch I need.
Two things come to mind:
1). Vanderbilt has excellent OCR. I'm confident that they can hook me up with IB in the US. As for LSE, I'm not sure how I can leverage that brand name in the US to get an internship or a full time offer.
2). If I want to do consulting, it seems that LSE places better than Vanderbilt's MSF. Any truth to this and does any one have more information?
3). Wait for an MBA. My work experience is **** (small tech-consulting company focused mainly on implementation work i.e. day to day coding). Getting an MBA would give me a better network and more opportunities, but I feel that if I'm at this company with not good work experience it'll be tough to break into a top 15 MBA. Also, I have only 1.5 years of work experience. How many years would I need for an MBA?
My stats:
3.758 gpa in Engineering
770 GMAT (50Q, 44V, 6 AWA, 8 IR)
1.5 years of experience (2 at matriculation)
What would you guys choose and why?
Thanks guys, I really appreciate any advice you can give me.
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You're from the US right? You made a thread on wallstreet oasis didn't you haha.
1. I think you'll get into a top 15 MBA regardless of what you do as your stats are very high.
If you have the money and you're really struggling to get into finance I'd probably just go to Vanderbilt. I was debating recently whether to apply to Vandy MSF if I didnt get into a top 15 MBa but I got into Cornell today. I thought London was waaaay harder to get into IB than the US but I could be wrong. I also would have thought it would be a lot harder to work in london as you have to get a visa but dont know.
But I think you should go Vandy MSF, use either the vandy network/ocr/ or your undergrad network after the MSF, work for 2-4 years and then go to an MBA program. The vandy MSF looks great, nashville looks great, and it sounds like an awesome opportunity.
I'm a little jealous, I wish i had known about msf a couple years ago but oh well.
1. I think you'll get into a top 15 MBA regardless of what you do as your stats are very high.
If you have the money and you're really struggling to get into finance I'd probably just go to Vanderbilt. I was debating recently whether to apply to Vandy MSF if I didnt get into a top 15 MBa but I got into Cornell today. I thought London was waaaay harder to get into IB than the US but I could be wrong. I also would have thought it would be a lot harder to work in london as you have to get a visa but dont know.
But I think you should go Vandy MSF, use either the vandy network/ocr/ or your undergrad network after the MSF, work for 2-4 years and then go to an MBA program. The vandy MSF looks great, nashville looks great, and it sounds like an awesome opportunity.
I'm a little jealous, I wish i had known about msf a couple years ago but oh well.
