Many of my friends are currently going to a state school MBA program (no GMAT, or TOEFL required for non English speaker). They want to join MBB, Strategy&, Parthenon, or other strategy firms. Is this possible? They have little non-consulting experience. They asked me but i don’t know what to say. What do you suggest me to say? 😀

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Pull the employment report for their mba and show them the companies people are getting employed at. Secondly, go to LinkedIn and search for those schools and see where they are employed at. I’m not saying is not possible to land those roles but statistically speaking those roles are recruited from top mba programs

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Give it to them straight. No point wasting their time.

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I did tell a couple of them the facts and they seem very disappointed because they’re about to graduate. I told them to try regular consulting instead of strategy. They might get a shot there

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