Thanks a lot "GyanOne" for such a quick and detailed reply. I will definitely look at the schools you mentioned. I also considered MS option but ruled it out later after i saw the profiles of people in leading PE / IB firms. More than 90% of them were MBA and very few did MS. So that was one of the main reason i ruled i MS and is planning to go for MBA.
As far as work exp. is concerned, i agree, that 4 yrs is not much and usually the average work exp. in the schools i mentioned is arnd 5-6 yrs but i have seen many cases recently of people having just 3 yrs of work exp. got into some of these schools and that is the thing that made me decide that i might be able to get into these schools also.
What about some of the schools you mentioned? what is the usual work exp. requirement there for someone like me?
I am happily surprised that you mentioned Wharton as my best bet as i was hoping for Stern to be the one. For me getting into Wharton will be a dream come true
Also can you please tell me what are my chances of getting financial aid at any of these schools?
I am going to do a detailed research in coming week on all these schools and will share it here also if i ind something interesting or if i need clarification on something.
Thanks a lot again!!!