What’s more valuable to have on resume - mbb experience vs M7 MBA (HSW vs non-HSW)? Assuming M7 no prior mbb

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A lot of people do an M7 MBA for the sole purpose of trying to get into MBB. So I'm gonna say MBB is more valuable on a resume

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MBB experience is almost certainly more valuable. Nobody really cares where you got your MBA after your first job out of school - it’s about how you perform in your job. Sure the network is helpful for HSW, but the same could be said of MBB

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You guys don't get it. What SC1 is trying to say is MBB is worthless compared to if you have 10 YOE at KPMG and 8 YOE as POTUS. So KPMG is better on your CV than MBB

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MBB pre- bschool> HSW b-school > non HSW M7

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HSW mba is still great but it depends on your career goals. Premba MBB opens a lot of doors that close after mba

I think MBB more valuable

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Depends, I’d take a non-MBB HBS grad with big 4 consulting vs. a Darden / Emory mba and MBB

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And does this “changing the bar” during admissions that you speak of with such seeming aspersion equate to diminished performance as a student or a lower likelihood of success post-graduation? I have encountered a number of people — URM and not — who came into an MBA program with lower than average stats and ended up consistently towards the top of the class / with great employment outcomes.

Gotta say MBB here. It’s a highly coveted job at H/W, let alone non-HSW M7.

And pre MBA experience is much more valuable and meaningful than post MBA MBB (both are great). It’s easier at the MBA level, relatively speaking.

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Solid and highly coveted are not the same.

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