Applying for MBA in fall 2021 but got laid off recently - What my next job would be to help or not hurt my MBA applications to the TOP10 programs? (See comment for my background and details.) 🙏🙏

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I have almost 4 years of work experience so far - a little over two years in accounting advisory in big 4 and one and half years as a finance and accounting consultant for a PE based consulting firm. My post MBA goal is management/strategy consulting. My team got laid off recently and there are two options for me to potentially choose at this moment: 1. Being a senior consultant 100% focusing on technical accounting in a national public accounting firm and 2. Being a senior technical accountant in a mid-size private company to support the controller and have more exposure to the business (so potentially more experience in different F&A aspects and more different stories to tell in my MBA applications compared with other applicants from over represented industries). More than happy to hear your advice!! Thanks.

When do you plan on applying to a MBA program?

I am planning to apply next year (fall 2021) and go back to school in fall 2022.

Do you have an equal chance at landing both options?

Yes - I have talked to a few pretty big public accounting firms and they are all interested in my technical background. I also talked to a mid-size software company and I am exactly what they are looking for. So I would say pretty equal chance at landing both.

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