Is USC a good MBA school for strategy consulting and entertainment strategy jobs right out of MBA? Hoping to be in executive function later on as an end goal

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USC MBA here and I had a blast. Entertainment strategy definitely. Strategy consulting a little harder, but I made it, and so did others.

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Best school in LA

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Yeah if you want to be anywhere but LA, USC is low tier. In LA, you’ll be fine. It’s not UCLA but it’s not far off either. Lot of similar companies at each.

MBA alumni here. KPMG strategy actively recruits on campus as well as the rest of the big 4. There has been a noticeable upward shift in greater MBB recruitment since I graduated.

There are many opportunities for strategy consulting coming out of Marshall. What do you mean by entertainment consulting? What problem are you trying to solve? Marshall offers an MBA with various entertainment related certificates.

DM me and happy to chat about my experience.

Fight on ✌️

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What’s an “executive function”?

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Do you want to be in LA after school?

Yes!

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Good input. I don’t know how the market is changing now in general and the roi on mba.

MBB is tough but if you’re dead set on LA it’s comparable to most tier 2 MBAs

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