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Yale Silver Scholars or stay at Bulge Bracket WM 05 May 2025, 13:20
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Hi all I have recently been admitted to YSS, which I did not expect considering the selectivity of the programme. I am trying to decide whether or not to take the offer.

I graduated from a top university in London last summer, and I am currently working at a bulge bracket bank in the wealth division. My ultimate aim is to be a health care entrepreneur, and in the short term I would like to work at a biotech focused hedge fund. Not sure if I should continue working and enjoy the stability I have at the moment and try my hand at H/S/W later on in life, or to take the offer now. Another thing holding me back is recession fears and just the general environment in the US. If you have any advice or a better way to approach this that would be amazing. Thank you so much!
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Yale Silver Scholars or stay at Bulge Bracket WM 05 May 2025, 13:37
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Congrats on the admit ! I think you should definitely choose Yale. These economic ups and downs usually settles down, won't be significant when you graduate, now is the right time to attend college.
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Yale Silver Scholars or stay at Bulge Bracket WM 05 May 2025, 19:57
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congrats on your selection, yale should be good one
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Hi all I have recently been admitted to YSS, which I did not expect considering the selectivity of the programme. I am trying to decide whether or not to take the offer.

I graduated from a top university in London last summer, and I am currently working at a bulge bracket bank in the wealth division. My ultimate aim is to be a health care entrepreneur, and in the short term I would like to work at a biotech focused hedge fund. Not sure if I should continue working and enjoy the stability I have at the moment and try my hand at H/S/W later on in life, or to take the offer now. Another thing holding me back is recession fears and just the general environment in the US. If you have any advice or a better way to approach this that would be amazing. Thank you so much!
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Hi! Congrats on the admit - that's an awesome opportunity. Being an international is kind of a pain as you spend a year at YSS and then you go back to working and that just does not seem optimal.

I would say that if you got through the YSS, chances are pretty good you will at least get through the FT Yale program and potentially M7. HSW are unpredictable and not really must-have so to speak.
I am sorry to say that I am kind of with you that it does not seem optimal. This would be a good option if you did not have a job and just graduating ... perhaps your employer would be happy if you did this and they would maybe even pay for it? that's the only win I can see.... though there may be a risk there too.

Perhaps you can chat with your supervisor and tell them "Hey, you won't believe, but this crazy thing happened." You are going to just pass up but before you did, wanted to see if they have any advice. I would approach it as -" I just threw my name in the hat and surprised I got picked for this program. The timing is not right for you so you are not leaving (as you love your job) but what do they think? Any reason to pursue?" This of course assumes that you have a meaningful relationship with your supervisor and they won't take this as a negative. (If you worked for me, I would see you as more valuable and wanted by other entities/companies, so your value would increase but that may not be with everyone)