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November 14, 2024 2:28am ET

Enrolled: Undecided

Admitted: ESADE , IE Business School , IESE

Applied: ESADE, IE Business School, IESE

Entering Year: 2025

Post MBA Career: Consulting, Venture Capital Companies: AT Kearney, Bain, BCG, McKinsey

GMAT: 655

GPA: 3.9

Location: Latam

Notes:

After the program, I aim to join a top strategy consulting firm in Europe. I am still on the "young" side of applicants and I am considering delaying the program for a year (starting in 2026 and not in 2025). I am thinking of applying to other top B-schools with a clearer path to consulting in Europe as a foreigner.

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alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1695 Do you have a good current pathway of growth and opportunity? That might help make sense of delaying the MBA for a year. Have you considered applying in Round 2 to a few other top MBA programs? (0)

anon82156 Likes Earned: 2 Hi Alex, thanks for the reply. Yes, I currently work at a company where I am "well" positioned and would keep growing for a year. I am considering applying to other schools for other Rounds and I have also considered applying to INSEAD for the January intake. Do you have any recommendations/opinions on delaying the program for a year? (0)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1695 The considerations are the impact of delaying a year (getting the MBA one year later will impact your career trajectory) versus the risk/opportunity of gaining access to more top MBA programs in a year’s time. Assuming you don’t get a deferral, there’s the small risk of not gaining admissions next season to these programs and other top programs. If you’re on a good forward path at work, I’d think that risk is small, and you’ll gain opportunities at other programs, which may be more desirable. But better May be to target those other programs in Round 2 January) this season? (0)

anon82156 Likes Earned: 2 Perfect, thank you for your insights! (1)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1695 More details on this decision in this episode of Wire Taps: https://www.clearadmit.com/2024/11/mba-wire-taps-397/ (0)