MBA straight after degree

If you complete an MBA after an undergraduate degree in mathematics, would you join an IB in an associate role or a standard analyst role? Do you reckon having the MBA could accelerate your rise to associate if you start as an analyst?

Reply 1

kstone122

I'm not sure about Europe but here in the US I only know two people who got an MBA directly after undergrad (without work experience) and they regretted more than any other decision they've ever made in their lives. Unless you're going to Harvard Business School (or the like), expect to be unemployed and/or have to work very hard to get a job because you'll fall in the overqualified to be an analyst and underqualified to be an associate position. Plus since most MBAs are very practical in their approach you'll feel a bit left out and getting in would be very tough anyway (at least at a respectable place).

Reply 2

shady lane

Without full-time work experience, you won't qualify as an associate, even with the MBA. There are supposedly occasional exceptions made for Harvard students, but I don't know how often this happens. I really wouldn't recommend it.

Reply 3

v2006

Well IIM MBA's earn hundreds of thousands of dollars and they have no work experience!

Reply 4

rboogie

you will get a bump, but probably to 2nd year analyst, maybe third year depending on your background.

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