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June 11, 2025 7:12am ET

Enrolled: Undecided

Admitted: Cambridge / Judge $

£10000

, U. Chicago Booth , Columbia , INSEAD , London Business School

Applied: Cambridge / Judge, U. Chicago Booth, Columbia, INSEAD, London Business School, Stanford GSB

Entering Year: 2025

Post MBA Career: Consulting, Technology, Investment Banking, Venture Capital, Private Equity Companies: Bain, BCG, McKinsey, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Facebook, Google, Andressen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, Bain Capital

GMAT: 760

Location: London

Notes:

I'm struggling to decide between LBS and INSEAD (January intake).

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alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1830 Be good to get more clarity on your post MBA goals, in terms of industry and geography? The importance of the internship, and so forth? (0)

grichmond Verified User. Likes Earned: 1442 If you start INSEAD in January, you would have a chance to take part in a summer internship - as that is a feature of their January start. As such, I don't know that this comes down to internship vs. no internship. Rather, it should come down to two main factors:

1. The job you want after b-school (you ideally need to hone in on a proposed path here, then carefully evaluate your two options for strengths in that domain).

2. Your preference in terms of the learning experience (10 months vs. 21 months). Are you looking for an incredibly intense sprint, with a heavy focus on general management/core and speedy ROI, or more time for electives exploration and the kind of bonding that allows different relationships to blossom? Some of this may depend on your background/experience to date and how much more education you need in order to make your next career jump...

Needless to say, you can't exactly go wrong with INSEAD or LBS! Best of luck!

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alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1830 More details on this decision in this episode of Wire Taps: https://www.clearadmit.com/2025/06/mba-wire-taps-431/ (0)