Quick Undergrad vs MBA scenario question (for ibank)

<p>If one wanted to be an associate they would need to have an MBA.</p>

<p>Which one of these scenarios is the most common, and which ones are highly unlikely.</p>

<p>1) Get into Ivy League or NYU, or other top school, and major in economics. Get 4 year degree, work as analyst for 2 years, then apply to top B-School (wharton, harvard, columbia, etc). Get recruited for internship after 1st year during summer, then go full time. </p>

<p>2) Get into Ivy League, etc, major in economics. Go straight for MBA. Get recruited for internship after 1st year during summer, then go full time. </p>

<p>3) Get into Wharton program at UPenn, complete bachelors. Get recruited as associate. (no MBA)</p>

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<li>For 2) I would assume going straight to MBA at the initial school (Wharton from Penn, Stern from NYU, etc) or would that not make things any easier?</li>
</ul>

<p>Thanks in advance for any insight.</p>