Committed to a School Athletically, But Recently Admitted To Better Academic Schools

Catcherinthetoast
Fri, 31 Jan 2025 02:23:04 +0000

So if I understand your suggestion correctly, even if OP is committed to an IB career they could or should…

1- Go to a non IB target Div 3 school and play baseball. Hoping not to get hurt.
2-Get great grades, graduate and work for a few years (top Business schools require work experience).
3-Get accepted at a top business school. (Assuming their work experience was adequate).
4-Leave the work force for 2 years and pay B school tuition (approx combined cost $400k+).
5- Apply to investment banks who are hiring significantly fewer MBAs these days.
6- Become an Investment Banker

Versus going to a target school and competing for an analyst role in 4 years like the vast majority of those pursuing IB careers.

Am I misunderstanding your seeming suggestion that these two options offer comparable likelihoods of successful outcomes? If so I would have to disagree.

If you definitely want to go into IB, I would strongly suggest going to a target school. Unfortunately this would not be the last time you would have to sacrifice something to be an investment banker. It is part of the job description. I would not however take the decision lightly.