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Top gateway companies in MBA admissions process 24 May 2012, 12:20
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Asimov - wanted to get your thoughts on the Research Analyst role playing against you on the B-school app. I'm a McKinsey Healthcare Research Analyst, though I know the traditional perspective that the Business Analyst role is preferred, do you feel the schools would heavily weight against the RA role? Anybody else's comments are welcome on this. I'm applying this fall too.

Regarding the other points, all the Business Analysts (junior consultants) I know within McKinsey have gone to top 10 no questions asked.
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These are pretty much automatic admissions to any b-school. I doubt the AdCom even bother reading your essays. Given you are working in the appropriate role (i.e. working as a consultant for BCG, and not an accountant or a research analyst).
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Top gateway companies in MBA admissions process 25 May 2012, 21:30
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Asimov - wanted to get your thoughts on the Research Analyst role playing against you on the B-school app. I'm a McKinsey Healthcare Research Analyst, though I know the traditional perspective that the Business Analyst role is preferred, do you feel the schools would heavily weight against the RA role? Anybody else's comments are welcome on this. I'm applying this fall too.

Regarding the other points, all the Business Analysts (junior consultants) I know within McKinsey have gone to top 10 no questions asked.
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To be frank, I don't think the non-client facing roles carry the same weight in business school admissions, even from McKinsey. It's further segmented if you are from an international office. With that said, I don't think it will exclude you from the top schools. As long as you put together a convincing argument for your candidacy. Schools know that there are smart and driven people from all walks of life. Getting in McKinsey from UG is as much about connections and pedigree as it is about smarts and drive (probably same can be said for b-school).

One of my classmate was a RA at McKinsey prior to Fuqua, and joined McKinsey full time as a consultant.

Looking at your profile, you listed general management as your concentration. If you are looking to go in to general management, I think the pedigree of the school matters less. What does matter is if the specific program you are looking for recruits at the particular school, which is based primarily on factors other than ranking. There are plenty of really good Leadership Development Programs that do not pull from any of the ultra elite schools.

Anyways, good luck, and I hope you will consider Fuqua in your pursuit of MBA. Your healthcare background will be valued here. And if you are planning to go back to healthcare, Fuqua's strength there is hard to beat.
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One of my classmate was a RA at McKinsey prior to Fuqua, and joined McKinsey full time as a consultant.

Looking at your profile, you listed general management as your concentration. If you are looking to go in to general management, I think the pedigree of the school matters less. What does matter is if the specific program you are looking for recruits at the particular school, which is based primarily on factors other than ranking. There are plenty of really good Leadership Development Programs that do not pull from any of the ultra elite schools.

Anyways, good luck, and I hope you will consider Fuqua in your pursuit of MBA. Your healthcare background will be valued here. And if you are planning to go back to healthcare, Fuqua's strength there is hard to beat.
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Right, I actually do plan to go back to healthcare (consulting or corp strategy) - you had given me some advice a few months back to look up the Research Triangle Park there. Follow your posts on and off. Fuqua is on my top 2 list with Haas, followed by Kellog and Darden as my other 2 aspiration schools for fall applications.

The RA tag is a difficulty definitely, I'm trying my best to get client engagement and work on-site to demonstrate client-interfacing and problem solving strength. Have got a San Francisco Engagement Manager to give me a B school reference stating those are my strengths. So working on the story aspect.

If you have any additional insights or pointers on Fuqua, do let me know, your advice is invaluable. They are supposed to be quite strict on the GMAT Quant criteria..
Thanks Asimov =)
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What abt IT dept. of New york Times?I work as Lead Software Engineer there...Is that any good?
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Hey guys,

I currently work for Apple after my Equities Trading firm wasn't doing too well. During the time, I recognized its great culture, leadership training, and opportunity to do some really cool and meaningful work. However, I was wondering what, from the AdComs' eyes, do top program officials see in these companies listed in this post?

Just curious as this will help me positioning a bit when I apply next year. Thank you all.
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Hey guys,

I currently work for Apple after my Equities Trading firm wasn't doing too well. During the time, I recognized its great culture, leadership training, and opportunity to do some really cool and meaningful work. However, I was wondering what, from the AdComs' eyes, do top program officials see in these companies listed in this post?

Just curious as this will help me positioning a bit when I apply next year. Thank you all.
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There are many great company and roles out there, that's why AdCom look beyond those companies for talent. I believe those companies are feeders for 3 reasons:
1) It is highly selective to get in to those companies. They only recruit at Ivies and public Ivies.
2) Many of the feeders company's employees go to b-school, since MBA is a requisite for further career progression.
3) Many b-school students are trying to career switch into those companies. Returning employees increase the count on employment stat, making the b-school more desirable.
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If you have any additional insights or pointers on Fuqua, do let me know, your advice is invaluable. They are supposed to be quite strict on the GMAT Quant criteria..
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I'm not sure how true it is about being strict on GMAT Quant. I wouldn't stress over it. Your GMAT score is good. Not sure what you majored in at UG, but if it's technical and you had a good score, you'll be fine.

Fuqua and Kellogg have very similar cultures and recruiting companies. I think if you are prepared for one, you would be prepared for both.

It's interesting that you have Haas there. Haas is a great school. Haas would set you well for a West Coast career and in tech. There are quite a bit of large healthcare companies (Genetech, McKesson, etc.), but they recruit nationally at the top tier schools. Given your interest in consulting, maybe a East Coast/Mid-West school would be better suited. I believe consulting firms' healthcare practices are concentrated in the NY/NJ area. For consulting, it's easier to recruit for the offices closer to your school.

That said, I'm sure you have other reasons for Haas. It has a great location, and a great reputation. Another good healthcare school is Wharton. I would say Fuqua and Wharton are the top 2 schools for healthcare.
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