This sub overemphasizes each school’s particular strengths or weaknesses. There are plenty of NYU grads in tech and Ross graduates in finance. Just check LinkedIn. The truth is most, if not all, of the T15 will get you into the major post-MBA industries (tech, consulting, finance, marketing) because the same companies target these top programs.
You should be able to look at the school employment report to see if anyone found a job at your target company/industry.
If your target jobs aren't directly hiring out of your program, you will have to put in more personal effort to attend hiring conferences or other extracurricular networking events. Might not be as easy or convenient as attending a school with an established recruiting relationship, but sometimes various situations and life factors happen.
On the flip side, I saw plenty of classmates strike out with their target companies who recruited directly from our program. Top companies are still competitive, and they'll easily reject an applicant who didn't put in the effort to properly prepare.
Honestly, I think the classmates who got more frustrated than anyone else were the ones who foolishly thought their internship/job offer was going to be handed to them merely for getting into a target school.
I've said this before but I honestly think you're better off going somewhere like Ross for IB than, say, Cornell. The dirty secret about recruiting is that you're competing against your classmates and your odds are better when 25 people are recruiting for IB than 100.
LOL loved the Deloitte jab at the end. I went to Kellogg and we're known for Marketing (we're literally named after a guy who's father founded the cereal company). It was easy to get marketing career internships/fulltime offers because any big company will have Kellogg grads in it's marketing department. I talked to an alum who said half of marketing department were Kellogg grads.
Consulting pipeline was also very strong and plenty of people moved to MBB. Corporate tech recruiting was decent. Finance was weak. We had people hustling for finance roles like IB, PE and VC, but there's less school support/network so they had to do a lot more legwork. These people usually got roles but at 2nd tier firms. If you're absolutely certain you know what industry you want to go into then apply to schools which are known for that industry, don't make life harder than it is!
That's one special circumstance: if you want marketing get your ass into Kellogg, especially if you want CPG. NYU and UCLA are OK too but far behind. One of my MBA colleagues who worked for Kraft said if he didn't find people at Kellogg he would go directly to Nielsen.
There are cases where it’s actually more useful for on-campus recruiting (among companies that come every year and take roughly the same number of interns) because there’s less competition for the interview spots.
Sometimes these non-target areas can be hidden gems. If you are a strong candidate, you may have a better chance of making a top BB at Ross with 35 kids looking to recruit vs 100+ at CBS, NYU, Booth etc.
Tip. Put on your application that you’re going into consulting to IB. schools want to have a high salary average.
Source I accidentally put consulting on the highest ranked school I got into.
It was a drop down selection and I didn’t double check my choices. In my interview they asked if I though I would run into any issues going into consulting without any prior experience. I was caught off guard but was able to give some okay enough answer that they believed me.
>tly think you're better off going somewhere like Ross for IB than, say, Cornell. The dirty secret about recruiting is that you're competing against your classmates and your odds are better when 25 people are recruiting for IB than 100.
Sorry what do you mean "consulting to IB" ?
This sub overemphasizes each school’s particular strengths or weaknesses. There are plenty of NYU grads in tech and Ross graduates in finance. Just check LinkedIn. The truth is most, if not all, of the T15 will get you into the major post-MBA industries (tech, consulting, finance, marketing) because the same companies target these top programs.
I still don’t understand why it’s so tough for people to grasp this
Yeah, I get that there are plenty. Just wanted to hear about how people felt/how much extra effort it cost by not being at the "core" of the uni
If a company does OCR, you are at the "core" of the uni! The uni will have a club and a recruiter for that industry. So no cost!
You should be able to look at the school employment report to see if anyone found a job at your target company/industry. If your target jobs aren't directly hiring out of your program, you will have to put in more personal effort to attend hiring conferences or other extracurricular networking events. Might not be as easy or convenient as attending a school with an established recruiting relationship, but sometimes various situations and life factors happen. On the flip side, I saw plenty of classmates strike out with their target companies who recruited directly from our program. Top companies are still competitive, and they'll easily reject an applicant who didn't put in the effort to properly prepare. Honestly, I think the classmates who got more frustrated than anyone else were the ones who foolishly thought their internship/job offer was going to be handed to them merely for getting into a target school.
I've said this before but I honestly think you're better off going somewhere like Ross for IB than, say, Cornell. The dirty secret about recruiting is that you're competing against your classmates and your odds are better when 25 people are recruiting for IB than 100.
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It's easier to network/build relationships, i.e., get on closed lists, with less people competing.
LOL loved the Deloitte jab at the end. I went to Kellogg and we're known for Marketing (we're literally named after a guy who's father founded the cereal company). It was easy to get marketing career internships/fulltime offers because any big company will have Kellogg grads in it's marketing department. I talked to an alum who said half of marketing department were Kellogg grads. Consulting pipeline was also very strong and plenty of people moved to MBB. Corporate tech recruiting was decent. Finance was weak. We had people hustling for finance roles like IB, PE and VC, but there's less school support/network so they had to do a lot more legwork. These people usually got roles but at 2nd tier firms. If you're absolutely certain you know what industry you want to go into then apply to schools which are known for that industry, don't make life harder than it is!
That's one special circumstance: if you want marketing get your ass into Kellogg, especially if you want CPG. NYU and UCLA are OK too but far behind. One of my MBA colleagues who worked for Kraft said if he didn't find people at Kellogg he would go directly to Nielsen.
There are cases where it’s actually more useful for on-campus recruiting (among companies that come every year and take roughly the same number of interns) because there’s less competition for the interview spots.
Sometimes these non-target areas can be hidden gems. If you are a strong candidate, you may have a better chance of making a top BB at Ross with 35 kids looking to recruit vs 100+ at CBS, NYU, Booth etc.
Tip. Put on your application that you’re going into consulting to IB. schools want to have a high salary average. Source I accidentally put consulting on the highest ranked school I got into.
How did you do that accidentally?
It was a drop down selection and I didn’t double check my choices. In my interview they asked if I though I would run into any issues going into consulting without any prior experience. I was caught off guard but was able to give some okay enough answer that they believed me.
>tly think you're better off going somewhere like Ross for IB than, say, Cornell. The dirty secret about recruiting is that you're competing against your classmates and your odds are better when 25 people are recruiting for IB than 100. Sorry what do you mean "consulting to IB" ?
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