<p>Hi, I graduated from UCLA with a 3.82 in biology, but I've decided that I really want a career in finance.</p>
<p>I want to attend a top 5 MBA program in the near future (programs like Harvard, Wharton, Stanford, Columbia). Ideally, my post MBA career would be in investment management. </p>
<p>What sort of jobs do you think would be good for a biology major to take to get into those MBA programs?</p>
<p>Thanks for your help!</p>
<p>One girl just graduated from the Harvard MBA Class of 2012 who holds a biology degree from UCLA. While I can’t speak to her post-graduation plans, I can tell you that she completed her MBA summer internship in investment banking at Morgan Stanley.Prior to her MBA, she worked for 4 years as a biotech research associate and then was promoted as a business development & marketing manager for the R&D department of that biotech, where she worked for another 2 years.</p>
<p>As far as current or just recently graduated Harvard MBA’s who majored in biology as undergrads but at schools other than UCLA, I know there are a number of former Ivy or Stanford bio majors who after undergrad joined consulting (e.g. McKinsey, Bain), or finance (Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank, Goldman).</p>
<p>Hi sakky, thank you so much for your reply. Your advice is always very helpful.</p>
<p>I sent you an email a few days ago asking if you could pass along the contact info of the people that you mentioned above to me. </p>
<p>I really would like to ask them about their experiences so far and how they were able to leverage their backgrounds into successful careers in business.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>