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18 Dec 2015, 16:19
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Prospective applicant to B-school here, but I have a very unusual story. I was born in a foreign country and brought here by my mother who abandoned me when I was 19. I was accepted into a business school, however, I had to defer because of her leaving me. Ever since 19, I had many part-time jobs and one full-time job for about 11 months (caretaking after an elderly lady), since I needed to support myself.
Then I decided to go back to school after saving some money and was accepted to a target liberal arts college which has a top 5 business school in the country. Now I am senior graduating with honors in my major and already accepted to a STEM Masters at my school on a scholarship, however, in the recent months I realized that I always wanted to work in finance. I major in Economics and Math for my UG, and was accepted for Math for grad school. My dream was always investment banking, and finance is what I would originally major in if I started at the business school when I was 19.
My applications for ibd analyst roles were all rejected and the only call backs in finance for me were for either quant analysis or risk management (the roles I am not interested in).
Do you think it is worth it for me to apply for MBA and present my application as a career change? I am clearly not an average UG student and I have high maturity levels and survival skills. I am also 24 years old, so I am a little older than an average UG student.
Any feedback would help!
Then I decided to go back to school after saving some money and was accepted to a target liberal arts college which has a top 5 business school in the country. Now I am senior graduating with honors in my major and already accepted to a STEM Masters at my school on a scholarship, however, in the recent months I realized that I always wanted to work in finance. I major in Economics and Math for my UG, and was accepted for Math for grad school. My dream was always investment banking, and finance is what I would originally major in if I started at the business school when I was 19.
My applications for ibd analyst roles were all rejected and the only call backs in finance for me were for either quant analysis or risk management (the roles I am not interested in).
Do you think it is worth it for me to apply for MBA and present my application as a career change? I am clearly not an average UG student and I have high maturity levels and survival skills. I am also 24 years old, so I am a little older than an average UG student.
Any feedback would help!
21 Dec 2015, 06:55
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alibabes56
Hey there,
Without real corporate experience, your profile won't interest MBA schools. If you really want to break into finance, you can try for Masters in Finance programs (pre-experience) and then try your hand at landing a finance job. You can always do an MBA 4-5 years down the line if you still want.
