I am thinking of going to Top US B-school, but I am not 100% sure. Reasons I want to go: 1. I am currently in Canada, but I want to move to the states or China. 2. Lots of my friends are going. Reasons I don’t want to go: 1. After my graduation from B.Com (Class of 2006), I did all the CFA exams and CA exams. I kinda have some studies. 2. It is a lil late to apply for the 2009 class, especially b-school is competitive this year… Anyone can give some advice?
Move to China.
JustPass Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Move to China. If it works for you, I agree to go to China for more long term opportunities. But in today’s enviornment nobody knows for sure.
Get a job, anywhere.
It seems not that easy to move to China… I still want to do M&A with a foreign bank in China, but seems no one is hiring…especially at my level (3rd year analyst)…
I have a job in Canada…
I was kidding about the China thing. I prefer North America and W. Europe.
law school…everyone is trying to go back to b-school, which is making it harder to gain entry into the tier 1 schools. An MBA from a tier 2 and 3 school is of marginal value in a economy like this…not to mention that everyone and their mother has an MBA at this point.
…cannot do law… not made for that… but no, i won’t apply to tier 2 b-school. if it is too cruchy this year, i will apply next year. but i don’t know if i want to do it at the first place…
…what do you want to do long term ? What do you do now ? If you already have the CA/CFA combo then a 2nd tier MBA would not be of much use …
long term wise, i wanna build up my expertise in the m&a field in china. right now i am a m&a analyst with big 4 financial advisory, doing mid-mkt deals. no, i don’t have my cfa yet. i did all the exams but i need to wait another yr and half for my working experience. but yeah, i just get my ca. so u are definitely right, 2nd tier mba won’t be anything.
CA/CFA is a very respectable combo. You should get into distressed debt/equity investing if you aren’t already in it
rachel.li52 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I am thinking of going to Top US B-school, but I > am not 100% sure. > Reasons I want to go: 1. I am currently in Canada, > but I want to move to the states or China. 2. Lots > of my friends are going. > Reasons I don’t want to go: 1. After my graduation > from B.Com (Class of 2006), I did all the CFA > exams and CA exams. I kinda have some studies. 2. > It is a lil late to apply for the 2009 class, > especially b-school is competitive this year… > Anyone can give some advice? Wow you worked hard. I would party it up for a while.
U mean restructuring advisory for IB, or distressed debt/equity investing for PE firms?
You seem to be doing pretty well …maybe you just need to make some contacts in that region …I know of someone who worked for a big 4 firm and then moved to Hong kong to work in M&A …and her experience with the Big 4 was non M&A . I believe she was in audit.
I know a guy did the same move, but his aunt was a MD in that bank…Don’t have that type of luck, especially there are some laid-off bankers in china already…
They have better local experience than me…especially in this market…
I know a guy did the same move, but his aunt was a MD in that bank…Don’t have that type of luck, especially there are some laid-off bankers in china already… They have better local experience than me…especially in this market…
rachel.li52 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > U mean restructuring advisory for IB, or > distressed debt/equity investing for PE firms? No, I mean pregame with peer pong & shots, then alittle mary jane b4 we hit the clubs, then yards and yards of shots.
are you hot?
rachel.li52 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > U mean restructuring advisory for IB, or > distressed debt/equity investing for PE firms? For investing or PE firms, but of course, only do what you like. I would think it would be ideal given that, 1.) you have the knowledge required investment management from the CFA curriculum and 2.) You have the knowledge and advantage to accurately pinpoint strengths and weaknesses from financial statements. Heck, there are CAs who are forensic accountants That would be my guess.