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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ccj" data-source="post: 302086" data-attributes="member: 47960">Thank you so much for the elaborated answer!I completely agree with your points about MSFE. As for MIT, I do like its nice balance, connectivity and everything, but I feel it might be more impressive for someone to join right from undergrad's. For me since I'm going back to school after working for a few years, MSFE might be more worth it in comparison. As for Yale, my initial motivation for adding an MBA is to make the program into 2 years (1st year MBA core courses; 2nd year AM) so that I could do a summer internship in between. I feel the standalone AM is a bit too short and I might not be in my best position to land a full time job in buy side right after starting the AM program (given all my previous experiences were in sell side). Another reason why I'm still keeping this MBA in consideration is that it'll probably be the most cost-efficient way for me to ever get a good MBA (in just 1 year and with an extra $40k only given my scholarships). The degree itself, together with the network it offers, might prove to be useful in the long term if I were to advance into management and say, to raise my own fund, etc. I do value the new perspectives that MBA courses can offer and the diversity of the peer group to broaden my horizons and help me grow as a person (all the intangible benefits). I know that the mainstream in US tends to value MBA more than master's (not the case for hedge funds though). Since I plan to stay in the US after graduation, I do want to keep my options open in the long term in the broader area of investment such as impact investing. That being said, I'm concerned about how the buy side (especially hedge funds) would think of an MBA degree and that's why I didn't apply for other MBA programs at all. I understand that they would prefer someone with an engineering degree rather than a business degree. My plan is to take some AM/quant-related courses along with the MBA core courses during my first year so essentially I'll be doing a 2-year AM program along with the MBA - and I will brand myself as such when recruiting. Really appreciate more of your thoughts and suggestions here! Thank you.</blockquote>

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