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Date: March 3rd, 2026 12:34 PM Author: ......,.,.,.,.,.,.,,,,...... I was fortunate to get into HBS and Chicago Booth on a full ride. Is it worth overlooking the full ride for HBS? And no I'm not JJC or whoever that HBS poser was. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5840975&forum_id=2"#49711567) |
Date: March 3rd, 2026 12:35 PM Author: Paralegal Mohammad (Death, death to the IDF!) if it's full freight at HBS then no but better q, why are you getting an mba? are you paying attention? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5840975&forum_id=2"#49711572) |
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Date: March 3rd, 2026 1:12 PM Author: ......,.,.,.,.,.,.,,,,...... There’s still a future for MBAs under the right circumstances. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5840975&forum_id=2"#49711718) |
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Date: March 3rd, 2026 1:17 PM Author: Paralegal Mohammad (Death, death to the IDF!) What circumstances? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5840975&forum_id=2"#49711733) |
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Date: March 3rd, 2026 1:24 PM Author: ......,.,.,.,.,.,.,,,,...... 2 years in MBB/ Banking and then Director/ Private equity at industrial or Finance. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5840975&forum_id=2"#49711771) |
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Date: March 3rd, 2026 5:15 PM Author: Paralegal Mohammad (Death, death to the IDF!) good friends with a public co cfo. says he wouldn't recommend mba (he has an M7 MBA himself) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5840975&forum_id=2"#49712599) |
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Date: March 3rd, 2026 5:24 PM Author: Yummy Phase Pol Pot "and then Director/ Private equity at industrial or Finance."
Are you trolling? This is just a series of buzzwords.
1.) Extremely hard to transition from MBB or I-Banking into PE after b-school. Very rare. Unless you have prior PE experience, it's going to be hard.
2.) PE is not where I'd want to stake my claim for the next decade of a career. Hundreds of zombie firms, too much capital chasing too few deals, and plenty of mediocrity around. Yes there are still some good firms that will do well, but The Party is largely over.
3.) Consulting is retarded and likely going to get worse because of AI. Banking is better because you can at least build a "franchise" within a firm in any number of lines of business. Banks want people who can make money and there are a number of ways to do so.
My advice to anyone thinking about an MBA at this point is to consider pursuing a career outside of professional services. There are way too many people in IBD / PE / Management Consulting and the juice is largely squeezed. It's an ultra competitive nightmare for most. It pays well, but is limiting in the long run for most talented people at this point.
Better to try and join a corporate in an industry you find interesting when you can build a network and expertise, as well as a reputation. And then that will open doors for you down the line (mgmt, the ability to build a new business in a new field, etc.) |
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Date: March 4th, 2026 7:24 AM Author: Buy your next house instantly with Zellow! Fascinating. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5840975&forum_id=2"#49713953) |
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Date: March 4th, 2026 8:57 AM Author: Proud Fatphobe The general sentiment (and it has been this way for quite a while, maybe since 2010), is that the PE strategy is too competitive now to make juicy returns like they used to. The easy fruit has been plucked, and now it’s a grind. They used to be able to count on multiple expansion as interest rates dropped, but rates don’t have much room to go down anymore. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5840975&forum_id=2"#49714057) |
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Date: March 4th, 2026 8:54 AM Author: Proud Fatphobe 2 years as an associate will not get you a director role in any serious PE shop. In fact it’s actually quite rare for an associate, particularly an MBA associate, to jump from IB to PE. A more likely trajectory is grinding 3 years as an associate, then grinding 3 years as a VP, and then getting the promotion to director. Directors actually have to bring in business, though, so you’ll have one year and if it doesn’t look like you’re going to bring in deals, you’re getting the axe.
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Date: March 4th, 2026 10:24 AM Author: ......,.,.,.,.,.,.,,,,...... I did not mean director role in P/E shop. I meant 2-3 years as an MBB (Engagement Manager) would get you a director/ Senior Manager role in an Industrial firm. You would transition to Associate in PE. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5840975&forum_id=2"#49714289) |
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Date: March 4th, 2026 10:35 AM Author: Yummy Phase Pol Pot If this is your actual career "plan," then the standards at HBS have dropped significantly. Go look across the hundreds of legitimate PE firms in the US and see how many Associates did this. It is likely zero.
Not to mention, this would make you an Associate at...35 years old? Have fun cranking on LBOs with your 24 and 25 year old peers and digging through data rooms for your 29 year old VP.
And all for what? You do understand how completely picked over the landscape of middle market companies is, right? This isn't 2010, there are 10x the number of PE firms there were back then and interest rates are much higher.
Unless your goal is to take on enormous debt to then grind like an absolute dog for 5+ years towards an impossible (and retarded) goal...you should take the full ride and work in a corporate, gain some real expertise and a useful network, etc. Much better for your actual career trajectory and your sanity. |
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Date: March 3rd, 2026 6:29 PM Author: wait till biggus dickus hears of this Corner office aka handicapped stall being available at Port Authority Bus Terminal (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5840975&forum_id=2"#49712780) |
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Date: March 3rd, 2026 1:14 PM Author: fatty nigger (✅🍑) do Chicago full ride (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5840975&forum_id=2"#49711724) |
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Date: March 3rd, 2026 1:18 PM Author: propecia mathematica (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5840975&forum_id=2"#49711740) |
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Date: March 3rd, 2026 5:07 PM Author: ......,.,.,.,.,.,.,,,,...... HBS is not better at full ride? Why not? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5840975&forum_id=2"#49712577) |
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Date: March 3rd, 2026 6:39 PM Author: norwood ultra ur at least 10 years late bro (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5840975&forum_id=2"#49712813) |
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Date: March 4th, 2026 6:59 AM Author: artificial intelligence Honest answer: the Harvard prestige is worth paying for. Twenty years from now the money you spent on your MBA is meaningless if you’re doing well, but the extra cache you get from having HBS on your CV will be valuable. And if you’re not doing well, and the 300k or whatever makes a difference to you, then you failed anyway and it will only make you incrementally depressed. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5840975&forum_id=2"#49713933) |
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Date: March 4th, 2026 9:47 AM Author: turbo nigger Cr. This isn’t even a serious question unless you’re prole (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5840975&forum_id=2"#49714201) |
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Date: March 4th, 2026 9:00 AM Author: Proud Fatphobe If you are really trying to make it to the top, the Harvard MBA is significantly better than Booth’s; buy side firms actually recruit from HBS.
Regardless of which school you go to, you’re likely to wind up at an ibank (if you want to do finance) but your chances of going buy-side are much higher at HBS. |
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Date: March 4th, 2026 9:02 AM Author: zarathustra what do you want to do professionally (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5840975&forum_id=2"#49714066) |
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Date: March 4th, 2026 9:19 AM Author: ''''''''''''' Have you thought about law school? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5840975&forum_id=2"#49714092) |
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Date: March 4th, 2026 10:25 AM Author: ......,.,.,.,.,.,.,,,,...... Why would I do that to myself? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5840975&forum_id=2"#49714295) |