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Talk me out of going to HBS/GSB & HYS
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Date: July 3rd, 2012 12:52 PM
Went to non prestigious ug for personal reasons.
Mid 170s LSAT Low 700s GMAT (don't ask)
Have an offer to go to a large hedge fund, but I can't fight the urge to do JD/MBA at one of these schools - especially given my undergrad.
I think I'll probably still have this and similar options once I'm done with school..just a question of whether I take it now.
Thoughts? |
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Date: July 5th, 2012 4:37 AM |
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Date: July 3rd, 2012 7:12 PM |
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Date: July 3rd, 2012 7:13 PM |
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Date: July 3rd, 2012 7:14 PM |
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Date: July 3rd, 2012 7:22 PM
Two ppl come to mind: look up one of former HUG class presidents and current HLS Law Review Editor. |
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Date: July 4th, 2012 12:20 PM |
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Date: July 4th, 2012 2:58 PM |
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Date: July 4th, 2012 3:05 PM
I can make 500k now without JD/MBA at one of these schools or I can make 500k in 3.5-4 years after having a JD/MBA at one of these schools.
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Date: July 5th, 2012 4:38 AM |
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Date: July 5th, 2012 10:27 AM |
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Date: July 4th, 2012 3:15 PM |
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Date: July 4th, 2012 3:23 PM
Let's assume you did Y (or wharton or northwestern) and did your jd/mba in 3 years. you've forgone $1.5M in earnings. let me repeat this...
YOU'VE FORGONE $1.5 MILLION IN EARNINGS.
now, if you do a program that takes 4 years instead of 3, then the figure is now $2M. If you don't get a full ride, add loans to that figure.
so now the question becomes, are you literally and figuratively, a million dollar striver? |
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Date: July 5th, 2012 4:29 AM |
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Date: July 5th, 2012 4:39 AM |
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Date: July 5th, 2012 9:19 AM
http://poetsandquants.com/2011/08/03/hbs-nudges-aside-stanford-in-new-forbes-ranking/2/ |
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Date: July 5th, 2012 10:34 AM
TPG, Carlyle, Blackstone, Bain Capital still send almost all of their associates to b school. KKR and Apollo still send a few every year as well. That's just the mega funds.
Also - that data you posted is just salary. Most of these places have salaries between 100-140k. |
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Date: July 5th, 2012 10:38 AM Big assumption, bro. |
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Date: July 5th, 2012 10:54 AM
Of course not all of them will get a hedge fund job. Almost all of them will get the interviews based on solely on their resume, though. The rest is up to the individual. |
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Date: July 5th, 2012 12:03 PM |
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Date: July 5th, 2012 12:34 PM 2. Neither of us will win the argument re: when the right time is to make the switch (i.e. post banking or post PE) bc we don't have the data to back anything up.
I can only say that I've seen plenty of people do both. Going ibd-pe-hf is def not "weird" though. Not sure where you heard this.
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Date: July 5th, 2012 11:05 AM |
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Date: July 5th, 2012 11:08 AM
To your second point, was anyone arguing that they are a large percentage of the class at HSW?
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Date: July 5th, 2012 2:55 PM |
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Date: July 5th, 2012 8:13 PM
I would certainly argue that ~75% on a blended basis = plenty.
Curious - where are you getting your data? Mine is first hand knowledge since I am at one of these firms. |
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Date: July 5th, 2012 12:00 PM |
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Date: July 5th, 2012 2:55 PM |
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Date: July 4th, 2012 3:40 PM |
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Date: July 5th, 2012 9:29 AM |
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Date: July 5th, 2012 10:36 AM
http://www.hf.com/team/Team.aspx?membercode=aBallard |
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Date: July 5th, 2012 4:48 PM |