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Hello Fishes,
Need some advice for my cousin.
She has done MBA in Finance ,(2018 passout) after BCOM.
Worked in HDFC bank for 2 years (till 2020).
Due to personal reason left job at end of 2020.
Trained in SAP FICO, now trying for certification.
How could she get into IT company(fresher).Capgemini IBM Tata Consultancy
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Favorite son of a multi-billionaire is always perceived very well there
At any MBA, entrepreneurial experience is the most unique
The whole point of going to HBS and GSB is to network amongst future business leaders and elevate one’s career regardless of pre-MBA years. The fact this d-measuring contest thought lives in your head rent free is very cringe / elitist tbh
I’ve never wondered those things bc they’re a function of caring what others think. Now that you know entrepreneurs are well respected at HBS and GSB, do you plan to leave MBB and become an entrepreneur just so you can be the most respected there?
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I got 700 GMAT (well below the average of both schools), but 2 years at Goldman IB and 2 years in a megafund pre-MBA role.
Dinged by Stanford but got the HBS offer. Many, many classmates of mine had similar experience (not as diverse as you would think reading the brochures).
You get the odd entrepreneur here and there, but most have my background or McK / Bain. Interestingly, didn’t see many BCG there and almost zero big-4 / T2 or T3 consulting, although that could just have been my class.
What do you mean by “respected”?
Really OP?
People who have loads of wealth as as opposed to high income
Repected by whom? Admissions? Your peer students? People coming on campus to recruit?
The OP hopes to demonstrate how amazing they are when compared to the other admits bc they get excited when they are the best
Unicorn (or close to it) founder, PE/HF, MBB, BB/EB IB, Manager at Fortune 500 (in this order). Sometimes Big 4 (almost exclusively for US citizens, same usually holds for Fortune 500). Being well-connected (or from the right family) also helps a lot. US citizenship / residence / experience / working at a US company abroad (in this order) substantially helps. Real impact rarely matters with occasional exceptions, mostly at Stanford GSB. You can literally bring your company a billion of new business, work on saving children in Africa, be a leading expert in the world in a specific hot topic at your age or lead a nationwide civil rights movement (or all of that once) - it does not often matter even for M7 unless you are from the US.
PE, by a mile. No successful entrepreneur or hedge fund investor will join an MBA program, but some of the best PE funds still send their best “partner track talent” to GSB/HBS to mature before the VP promo/board seats
For HBS, definitely PE & HF. Successful entrepreneurial experiences (i.e., profitable exit instead of glorified failures) are also well respected
Stanford values previous entrepreneurial experiences (i.e., the already mentioned glorified cash-burning businesses) way more than HBS