<p>Hello all,</p>
<p>I'd like to know your thoughts when it comes to more of the nontraditional career paths regarding the private equity industry. Since I do not attend a target school for investment bank recruiting, I'd like to find other ways into the PE industry.</p>
<p>All information is appreciated!</p>
<p>Thanks,
MKballer</p>
<p>Your best bet will be to do well so you can get into a top MBA program and transition from there unless you’re a brilliant quant.</p>
<p>Hmmm, my impression of PE is that they don’t really have much use for “brilliant quant” types. Most of the people I know in PE come from banking/consulting type backgrounds. </p>
<p>If you don’t attend a target school for IB recruiting then you should try to go to a target school (read: harvard, wharton, or stanford) and try to get into PE recruiting from there. PE is similar to IB in that they care a lot about your pedigree…</p>