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Unless you’re sponsored, want to trade up to MBB or go into IB no. You’ll feel like you took a step back and most of your peers won’t have people mgmt experience and trying to go to the job you have now.
If you want MBB you can go experienced hire route without an MBA and if you want to be a career consultant stay at your firm. If you want to exit, network.
I’m a current T10 MBA student and often regret going. Pre-MBA I was making $180k, was a manager in a late stage startup and prior to that was a B4 consultant. There are some benefits I’ve realized (expanded network) but as of now I feel like I would’ve be been better off staying in the market and getting more experience
1. Speaker series: tons of alumni from interesting / aspirational roles coming to campus for intimate conversations
2. Decompress: step away from the consulting bubble and reassess what you want to do next
3. Exploration: explore new internship opportunities (summer and in-semester), of course this is dependent on if you land something worthwhile. This isn’t always guaranteed and more so the case as of my recent observation of classmates
4. Travel: if that’s your thing
5. Party: if that’s your thing
PT or Exec MBA at an M7 sounds more up your alley. Classmates are more mature, more senior, and may still use the opportunity to pivot or create joint ventures. Same degree, same diploma, but the target of the students are more senior roles.
Context: I’m in an M7 EMBA, a bit younger (early thirties), and chose this path. I was already a people manager and could plausibly transition into MBB without an MBA.