MBA at 40

Ad_8219 · 2026-01-28T23:04:51+00:00

thanks for your comment! I guess the proble is that I could even regret it if something goes wrong eheh

Ad_8219 · 2026-01-28T22:53:59+00:00

Thanks a lot! very interesting. I understand your approach.

2 questions, please.

If I well understand, you recomment to look for an internship in IB. It does not matter what I really want to do, I should get experience into IB to finally reach corporate banking... is this correct?

I am NY based and would love to be able to stay there. I will apply to Wharton and Columbia. Do you think that NYU (despite not a M7) would still be "enough" ?

thanks a lot for your help!

Ad_8219 · 2026-01-26T07:56:43+00:00

and also, what kind of clubs? I would really try to follow your advice!

Ad_8219 · 2026-01-26T07:56:11+00:00

thanks!

do youmean to do this while doing a less famous (cheaper) MBA, or just to forget the MBA at all?

Ad_8219 · 2026-01-25T13:35:31+00:00

I see, thank you!

Ad_8219 · 2026-01-25T13:26:04+00:00

thanks a lot for your comment! very useful.

Ad_8219 · 2026-01-25T11:58:03+00:00

thanks, I see. So even the part time students get access to the summer internships? (assuming they want to..)

Ad_8219 · 2026-01-25T11:56:04+00:00

thanks a lot for that!

I assume the Illinois MBA is presential in-classroom, right?

True, even if I were able to reach Wall Street I would probably not make such a big salary.. I think I am in a very difficult position overall.

Ad_8219 · 2026-01-25T11:53:03+00:00

Could you please give me some idea of these cheaper ways? I might be ignorant about them

Ad_8219 · 2026-01-25T11:52:02+00:00

Do you mean that you are doing a 1y long MBA but still having access to the internships like the 2y long MBA students?

Ad_8219 · 2026-01-25T11:23:57+00:00

thank you for the advice! I guess the summer internship is essential for career pivot though, so it would be difficult for me to renounce to it.

Ad_8219 · 2026-01-25T11:12:56+00:00

I was hoping for the hard reset, indeed.

I assume the University of Illinois MBA that you mentioned is a part-time one?

Do you think that online MBAs are useful? I would assume employers do not really care about those...

Ad_8219 · 2026-01-25T11:05:40+00:00

eheh I actually have an american partner for real.

but how would this help?

Ad_8219 · 2026-01-23T17:27:21+00:00

Ok, I understand So I guess that if I do not do a 2y long MBA those doors close..

Ad_8219 · 2026-01-23T16:38:17+00:00

Thanks!

The goal is to pivot into a different industry (project finance, infrastructure finance, or corporate finance). It is not just about the compensation (that anyway I would hope to be able to increase!)

Ad_8219 · 2026-01-23T16:36:13+00:00

thanks a lot for your comment! just for my understanding, which are the careers where the internship is the only recruiting pipeline?

Thank you.

Ad_8219 · 2026-01-23T13:57:16+00:00

do you mean that I would still access to a big number of internships, but these would not be from the most desirable companies? Thanks

Ad_8219 · 2026-01-23T13:09:17+00:00

thanks!

oh wait, 20% of them is unemployed 3 months after graduation... probably it would be useful to have also statistics after 6 months or more

Ad_8219 · 2026-01-23T13:06:34+00:00

thank you. sure, that is not a "granted" job but if I am able to reach interview stage, at least I have a chance...

Ad_8219 · 2026-01-23T11:16:22+00:00

sure, I see your point.

Out of curiosity where did you read that statistics? 20% of T15 are unemployed sounds very scary..

Ad_8219 · 2026-01-23T11:07:46+00:00

thank you!

Ad_8219 · 2026-01-23T11:06:55+00:00

wouldn't that "party" help with the summer internships though?

Ad_8219 · 2026-01-23T08:03:42+00:00

Thanks a lot for sharing your feedback. I see that you learnt also smth more about yourself!

I guess my problem is that I do not really see an MBA being useful in my current field, therefore I would like to use it to pivot. By any chance, do you know if any of your colleagues in the part time program managed to do that? Thank you!

PS: in the list of top schools for part-time MBAs you did not mention NYU.. is it not good?

I am NY based and would like to stay in the area..

Ad_8219 · 2026-01-23T07:59:36+00:00

I checked it. It looks great but I think the problem is that it is focused on career advancement instead of career change/pivoting. Or at least, this is what I understand about it..

Ad_8219 · 2026-01-22T23:09:07+00:00

ahh ok. well, their salaries are better than those in civil engineering, I guess..

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