新人不自量力求定位--2016 fall MBA or MSF申请

kexzhang

majorws 发表于 2015-7-17 15:33
人家是女生      S16  应该可以的吧

女生申请学校有优势？

purplecici

你也说在企业的投资部与在投行、金融机构工作是不一样的, 不一样, 很难说是好是坏, 首先要确定你是不是真想坐在桌子的另一边. ... no Chinese keyboard again..giving up google translation...sorry. Trust me, I'd prefer Chinese..

It makes sense for a person with your background to think about getting into M&A banking. My two cents to share:

- If you wanna do banking, definitely go for MBA. There is no specific recruiting program for masters, no matter how great the program is (eg. MIT, Princeton, etc.).  The efforts you need to make are tremendous and even if you make it, you start from Analyst with fresh undergraduates. MBA IB recruiting is ROUTINE (though still hard). You can follow the standard process and start from Associate.

- With that being said, you need to be in the target schools of the banks. S16 are fine. It would be quiting challenging for any school after 20. Rice and UT Austin are good choice for Energy banking.

- Healthcare M&A are really hot in US now. But it's more towards the biotech end not the pharmaceutical or CMO end. And there are so many country-specific issues, FDA approval procedures, Obamacare, dynamics between providers, payers and patients and etc. Not sure how much your background will be valued and utilized if you wanna do banking in US.

- There is no Healthcare M&A banking. You need to pick either healthcare (coverage group) or M&A (product group). Morgan Stanley and Barclays do M&A within coverage groups, but still not pure M&A. You may focus on smaller banks, like Jefferies, Evercore, Centerview and etc. They have strong franchise in healthcare and could only focuse on M&A because of their capability.

- I do believe healthcare in China is very promising. So lz, from my personal perspective, I would say an MBA in China (CEIBS for example) is a nice choice. You can best leverage your industry background and build up your network.

- All above are considerations careerwise. If your primary endpoint is to work in the states, then it's a different story.

Hope it helps!

  

JonFrank

Hello there, so from what you have written here, it does seem like an MBA would offer you many more advantages than a Masters in finance, although if what you need is the technical knowledge, a Masters in Finance can still be great.

When you apply though, I'm not sure if it might not be better for you to go with a "corporate finance" goal rather than Investment Banking, since this is where your experience lies.

I don't think your profile is too bad actually, and your work experience especially seems nice. Currently, your GMAT is a bit low for Top 10 schools, but there are still plenty of amazing Top 20 schools where you can still apply.

I hope this helps, and if you have any other questions, let me know!

Best,
JF

aleccao119

JonFrank 发表于 2015-7-25 22:01
Hello there, so from what you have written here, it does seem like an MBA would offer you many more  ...

Thanks for you reply Jon. I've got a new GMAT score of 720, maybe still low for M7, but I guess this score for S16? So if I have a higher score, like 750+, is it possible for M7?

aleccao119

purplecici 发表于 2015-7-18 01:56
你也说在企业的投资部与在投行、金融机构工作是不一样的, 不一样, 很难说是好是坏, 首先要确定你是不是真想 ...

Thank you for the detailed reply. It really enlightens me. But due to special reasons (family), my primary goal is to work in the US. So do you have any suggestions?

purplecici

aleccao119 发表于 2015-9-17 17:24
Thank you for the detailed reply. It really enlightens me. But due to special reasons (family), my ...

为了在美国工作的话，肯定是MBA，完全不用想的，你看一下就业报告就知道了。

JonFrank

aleccao119 发表于 2015-9-17 17:21
Thanks for you reply Jon. I've got a new GMAT score of 720, maybe still low for M7, but I guess th ...

Hey there!
Congrats on your new GMAT score!
That’s awesome!
I think with what you have here, yes you can apply to S16 schools (and even take a shot at some M7 schools), and see how that goes. Yeah, sure a 750 would be nice, but at the same time, S16 schools are great, and if you are ready to go this year, I don’t think you should delay. Now the big thing is to get those essays down! Because they will make all the difference in the world.

Best,
JF

archerage

楼主你好，我也是国内某985，你的MBA情况了解的怎么样了，能否交流一下。。。

aleccao119

archerage 发表于 2015-9-26 09:06
楼主你好，我也是国内某985，你的MBA情况了解的怎么样了，能否交流一下。。。 ...

我学校基本确定了几个了。然后就是essay了。而且想继续刷一下gmat。。。可以加我微信：caomiaomiao446709