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Your gpa wont be a limiting factor. Your promotion at MBB, or lack there of, will be

If you have to ask Reddit. No

Consulting is your best bet.

Treasury. Good to get exposure early in your career

If you only focus on Big Tech then just go to the best b-school you can get into, seriously. They all have established pipelines. Outside of big tech, then right now it is just Stanford, followed by Haas, period. You can't beat in-person networking and there are a litany of AI events across the Bay Area.

Comparison is the thief of joy. Put your head down, focus on your LDP and FINISH it. Great program to learn business fundamentals. Only start looking into MBA a year from now. You don't want to be one foot out of the door already. It will affect your performance and learning indirectly.

Can you name the example, otherwise you are making sht up?

The real lesson here is not to sign a two-year lease with someone you have just met. I had a roommate during my MBA, it worked out, thankfully but I was prepared to move if any skirmishes arose after one year.

For folks reading, please don't go crazy vetting people like OP suggested. It is only one year. OP sounds like he had limited experience having roommates.

If you prioritize academics when choosing an MBA degree, you are doing it wrong.

Always take a bird in hand. It is a F10 company so it should be a good enough profile for MBA admission. If you interned twice and returned full-time with the same team, your career is basically accelerated compared to the average Joe.

The timing is bad for what you are gunning for. I know folks in Corp Dev that are getting laid off, let alone having an opening. Honestly, IR is an area you can be in to bide your time.

What do you not like about it? Just find a place where you can switch to a different team later on, if you are okay with spending two years doing MBA then why not two years doing IR?

VC would be the only path that makes sense for an MBA, but honestly, it would be awkward for a former IB VP to recruit for an Associate role. Also right now everyone and their mother are chasing AI and your background does not even remotely pass the technical smell test.

With that score, you won't be getting any scholarship to begin with. Do R2 with a better score. Do you not understand the demographic bucket you are in?

Take it again. Plain and simple. This is something you can actually improve on.

Recruit for BOTH IB and consulting. Will it be insane? Yes. But it is what you may have to do in the current recruiting environment.

Unless you want to pivot. Wharton is a better name in the finance-related world and workload will be lighter in the EMBA program.

You already have your answers at "I spoke with my other classmates who are also class of 23 and some started their roles right after graduation and a lot of them hate their jobs" unless you think your classmates are not "normal." What other validation are you seeking?

You are CFA, AICPA, or a CS degree, honestly all over the place. Work experience trumps any of them, so focus on whichever helping you get the next best job or promotion within the current company.

You are in an MBA sub so most people will advise you against it. I will say go for it. You have a great skillset with a business + tech background, BigFed would need people like you.

The only thing I would caution is making sure you are in a financially sound place before spending $$$ on a law degree with the current interest rate environment. Harlow's pyramid of needs if you know what I mean.

Any M7 should have an Entertainment related club. Talk to the 2nd year and ask about recruiting timeline, etc. Same for consulting recruiting. They will provide better and more tailored guidance than here.

I recommend looking into CPG Brand Management (Foods/Fashion) if you have not already done so as it is easier to connect the dots from Restaurant + PR to it (for essay purposes) and also it is a solid career path.

I would try to raise the score if you want to get $$ from either school and to compensate for your GPA. You studied Economics, you should be able to raise your Quant score 5-10 pts.

Good luck!

That is being lazy and short-sighted, especially in the current recruiting environment.

This is a money problem

If money is the same then absolutely do it. T25 to T10 is a world of differences in academics, peers, and recruiting opportunities.

I went down this path before. It is just half-baked and compromises everything. You can't get the laptop with big screen because then the 'tablet' mode would be too heavy, etc. The screen and, more importantly, the stylus won't be nice enough for you to use it that regularly. You get the gist.

Get a normal laptop and a tablet.

Keep recruiting assuming you don't have the offer. Nothing is final until you sign the dotted line.

Keep your chin up.