Look at the U.S. university rankings to see. It’s all the usual suspects: the Ivy League schools plus some of the top other ones (Stanford, MIT, etc.), some of the top state schools (e.g., UC Berkeley). Get into the best university or business school you can.

These course are generally not helpful for moving into PE or private credit because to get these roles, you need deal experience. You can show them all the courses and degrees in the world, and they won’t care until you have deal experience. Courses/guides/training are most useful for interview prep and preparing for case studies and modeling tests.

To make this type of move, you will probably need either an MBA or some type of steppingstone role in which you work on deals or complete valuations for clients or something else like that. Otherwise, AM is perceived as being too different.

I don’t think it’s too common, but I’m sure it happens. You would probably have a higher chance coming from a traditional PE firm rather than growth equity, but this still sounds doable.

Thanks!

Thanks for replying Brian. Much appreciated.

Valerie.

That’s really beyond the scope of what this site teaches, but maybe look at the TV show “Billions” to get ideas. Or look at some of the insider accounts at companies like Enron and Worldcom.