Berkeley / Haas - 11-24-2023 | Clear Admit ApplyWire

November 24, 2023 10:03am ET

Applying: Berkeley / Haas, Cambridge / Judge, Cornell / Johnson, Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, ESADE, Georgetown / McDonough, HEC Paris, IE Business School, IESE, Imperial, Indian School of Business, INSEAD, London Business School, Michigan / Ross, Northwestern / Kellogg, NYU Stern, Other, Oxford / Saïd, UCLA Anderson, UNC Kenan-Flagler, USC / Marshall, UT Austin / McCombs, UVA / Darden, Yale SOM

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Consulting

Post-MBA Target Industry: Venture Capital, Private Equity, Asset Management, inc. HF Companies: Accell Partners , Andressen Horowitz , Battery Ventures , Charles River , Draper Fisher , First Round Capital , Kleiner Perkins , NEA , Sequoia Capital , Venrock , Other , Bain Capital , Blackstone , Carlyle Group , Goldman Sachs Principal Investment Group , TPG , KKR , Blackrock , Fidelity , Goldman Sachs , JP Morgan Asset Management , State Street , Vanguard

GMAT: 740

GPA: 8/10

Years of Work Experience: 3

Location: Mumbai, India

Post MBA Location: USA, India, Dubai, and Singapore

Notes:

I need to transition from an ESG role to a private equity/ Asset Management/ Venture Capital, especially in a deal making role (core finance and not ESG jobs). My job experience includes:- 1. Business Analyst Intern (Product)- ZiffyHealth; 2. ESG Research Analyst Intern (Corporate Governance)- SG Analytics; 3. ESG Research Associate II (Climate Solutions)- Morningstar (Sustainalytics); 4. ESG Associate Consultant (Strategic Business Transformation)- Ernst & Young ~ 2 years of experience (3 years will be done by next year December).

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alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1618 Showing impact and growth at work is important. Are you also engaged in activities outside of work?

If you’re seeking a role in PE/Asset Mgt/VC, would it make sense to target investment banking in the short run, post MBA ?

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grichmond Verified User. Likes Earned: 1167 If you are applying this season - in the January rounds - you'll likely need to reduce the total number of schools you are targeting by at least half; it would be a herculean task for you (and your recommenders) to apply to 12+ programs, let alone 25. One way to do this would be to think carefully about your post-MBA destination(s) - geographically & functionally - and focus on the schools that have strong placement records in those markets & industries. As it now stands, your list is sort of all over the place.

Also, as Alex points out, making the leave from a consulting role into PE/VC might be challenging (especially while also changing geography) - and that may lead you to investment banking as a first step, which in of itself may serve to highlight specific programs or markets - Cornell, NYU, LBS / New York, London, Hong Kong, etc..

As you are likely aware, applying from India will make you an ORM - especially in R2 - so you will need to ensure that your applications really shine; that they demonstrate a good deal of knowledge of your target programs (hence my earlier advice to trim things down). ECs will matter too, as will the caliber of your undergraduate institution and rigor of your studies.

Best of luck!
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