Vote: Chicago or Wharton or a US hedge fund

nspyhk

I have got three offers at this moment

1. Wharton
2. Chicago
3. a USD 15bilion AUM US hedge fund's offer as investment analyst

My background:

Male, a top5 Mainland university bachelor degree

4.5 year work experience in HK

3.5 years as analyst/trader in a top Asian alternative asset management's hedge fund team in HK.

Which should I choose?

moregel

You are lucky to get "3" without US credential!

If hedge fund is what you want to do post-bschool; if you like the platform, agree with their strategy, belive you can work with those people, I'd vote for "3" and defer "1" or "2", if not both.

After all, you are still young(-ish), which allows you to spend one year for a "trial". Spend a year with 3, if it works, perfect; if not you still have 2 decent alternatives in your pocket...


BTW, what is "top5" mainlad uni? Never figured out which one is the No.5...

Lucky you!

nspyhk

Thanks for the advice

the one whose rank moves in a range of No.3-No.5 along all these years....

I think my top Asian hedge fund experience with a glamourous performance is the key to get the interests of all these three.

NgKKh

难怪LZ说会放弃Chicago的offer，有了Wharton跟hedge fund，Chicago自然是第一个弃子。

MBA2010fall

3, no brainer. I believe if you are capable to get all these offers, you should not ask for advice here since you should have clear goal already, otherwise either the schools or the fund picked up you incorrectly. sry for being honest.

nirvana118

a top5 Mainland university? So you are presumably from Nanjing U.,Zhejiang U.,USTC, am I right?

mopton

ZJU?

SarahinSH

I have got three offers at this moment

1. Wharton
2. Chicago
3. a USD 15bilion AUM US hedge fund's offer as investment analyst

My background:

Male, a top5 Mainland university bachelor degree

4.5 year work experience in HK

3.5 years as analyst/trader in a top Asian alternative asset management's hedge fund team in HK.

Which should I choose?

-- by 会员 nspyhk (2010/3/30 18:27:00)

Great Congrats!

I may not be in a good position to offer any advise at this point, but I would like to share with you what I've observed and learned from my friends at HF, MF and b-schools both at home and abroad.
If your intention is simply to switch your career to a HF and be exposed to an investment platform in US, go ahead with the third offer. MBA is rarely a plus to buy-side jobs. However, if you are very likely to be ready for starting your own fund in the short term, either 1 or 2 could be an option. The only criteria is which school can bring you most resources that will help you raise your fund, secure LP, etc. Just my two cents.

windboy

it depends on your career objective.

I will vote for chicago for a career in finance.

rosaregale

If your post-MBA goal is US hedge fund, then probably 3 - not really point spending all that money to go to B school
Otherwise 1 or 2 depending on your preference, both excellent schools, congrats!