I am going to be an senior at the University of Illinois next year getting an MS in Finance with a 3.6 GPA most likely, last summer I work at CitiGroup Smith Barney in Chicago as a wealth management intern, and this year I’m headed to London to work for Barclays Bank to do some risk management work. I’ve heard you must have close to 4 years experience and a good GMAT score (which I haven’t taken) to get into a top 20 business school. Also Barclays offers their interns entry into their graduate program if the intern has done well….So my question is..considering all of this….should I try and get an MBA somewhere right after undergrad, or go get more work experience with perhaps Barclays, before I go get an MBA? Any help would be greatly appreciated! thank you
It sounds like you are off to a great start! If I were you, I would get another few years of experience. You sound like someone who would be a good bet for a really good MBA program, and even if they would let you in now, you would get much more out of a program a few years down the line. Since it sounds like you will probably be able to get a good job now, I would take the job and do the MBA at the point for which it was really intended – for those about to move from a mere supervisory position into middle management.
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It sounds like you are off to a great start! If I were you, I would get another few years of experience. You sound like someone who would be a good bet for a really good MBA program, and even if they would let you in now, you would get much more out of a program a few years down the line. Since it sounds like you will probably be able to get a good job now, I would take the job and do the MBA at the point for which it was really intended – for those about to move from a mere supervisory position into middle management.
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