ace312 wrote:
rjdunn03 wrote:
Look at this way, according to BW McCombs placed 20 with Deloitte and 7 with PWC. The class size is 260 of which 24% went into consulting. So 27 out of about 62 seeking consulting went to Deloitte or PWC. That's over 40% which are pretty good odds.
Love the breakdown, class size is however 504.
https://www.businessweek.com/bschools/ra ... ustin.htmlPretty certain that is inclusive of all programs (e.g. EMBA, DFW, Houston, Mexico City...). The full time enrollment from UT's website is pretty much in line with what was said:
https://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/MBA/Full-Time/Admissions/Class-Profile.aspxGiven that many non-FT folks don't try to change companies, using the stats above might not be that flawed. Then again, you could very well convince me that either some large percentage of the 27 had worked for PwC or Deloitte prior to their MBA or that more than 62 had sought out consulting positions... and again, you might have some people leaking into that 27 figure from the non-FT program.
Long story short, it's not quite that simple. Don't overthink it, though. If you know that PwC and Deloitte recruit at all three schools, then that's just about all you need to know. I seriously doubt that those companies have a certain numerical target for hiring at each school. You're largely on equal footing once you get the interview with everyone else who is interviewing in the US. You're competing against anyone they interview. So, again, as long as you can land the interview (thanks mostly due to the on-campus recruitment), then the debt savings is going to be your biggest variable.
As to how much networking comes into play, you really shouldn't discount that much. The caliber of person that you'll be dealing with (and the kind of jobs they will have in the future) is very correlated with things like their GMAT score, GPA, and past work experience. Given that, 10 years down the road, would you rather be friends with someone who is in middle management at some regional bank or a managing director of a bulge bracket IB shop? Obviously, the latter is going to open more doors.
Heck, some people treat business school as a way to meet future business partners. A good (brilliant) friend of mine went to MIT solely to meet a partner for his business. As soon as he did, they both dropped out of school, moved to California, and got rolling on their idea.