And how hard is it to get a senior buy-side research role post M7MBA coming from buy-side research in a different emerging market, like Mumbai?
My target M7 schools are Wharton, Columbia & Booth with Duke and Stern as safer options. Do you think Wharton would be a difficult?
I have 740 GMAT, 3.7 GPA from non-IIT or IIM, 3 years at big 4 valuation and then transitioned straight to buy-side research after a brief stint as PE analyst (only like 4 months) at my current fund. I'll have 6 years total experience before applying. I liked research more so.
My ECs aren't that great though. I volunteered as a TA and WWF. That's it.
I also have the CFA btw.
My heart really wants Wharton but I checked similar profiles on LinkedIn but they were all from IITs and IIMs which is a bit disheartening.
Thanks for reading!