A little bit about me:
- UK resident/national
- Undergraduate degree from a top 10 UK university
- Approx 700 GMAT score
- 4.5 years experience at a UK fintech startup/scaleup in growth and product roles (inc managing teams)
- Pretty much the first hire at the company and the company has grown to 100+ people and a 9-digit valuation
I'm keen to transition out of startup life into consulting but wondering what my options are to do this.
I have been considering doing an MBA at one of the top UK schools (Ox, Cam, LBS, Imp etc…) but it is a pretty big cost to pay from my savings.
Is this the best route? Is it a bad route i.e., I wouldn't stand a chance at getting into consulting?
Additionally, I am not the MBB or die type, I would be just as interested in going into Tier 2 firms.
Any advice is much appreciated.
Thanks!
Hi Udayan, Thanks so much for your input. LBS would be ideal, but I just don't think I will have the capital to fund this myself. I was looking mainly at Oxford/Cambridge/Imperial as I should be able to self-fund an MBA here. I appreciate MBB may be challenging from one of these universities, but what about other firms post MBA e.g., Accenture, Kearney, Strategy & + others? Would an MBA from there help with that or would it be a waste? Many thanks. Liam
In my opinion an MBA is less valuable if not from a top school as one of its top selling points is brand recognition and network. Said, Judge etc just do not have that. Yes you can still leverage it for a job in consulting but it will be much harder to do. It is better to take a loan for a top MBA program vs self fund a cheaper alternative.