Reply To: Alternatives to BMG

DY’s point that if the RY suggests another Beis Medrash, indeed the question becomes why he so suggests that.

Some reasons we’ve heard so far are:
1. Desiring a closer kesher with the RY, and a smaller BM enables that.
2. Wanting to be closer to home. (Presumably this is more relevant to those outside the New York metropolitan area.)
3. Not being accepted to BMG.

Some follow ups are:
1. What are the advantages of going to BMG, for the majority that chooses to do so, despite the apparent greater difficulty of establishing a kesher – compared to a smaller BM.
2. What reasons would BMG decline to accept a talmid.

For the uninitiated, can someone describe the typical Yeshiva path for American bochorim starting immediately following their completing Mesivta, starting from first year Beis Medrash and going through marriage and Kollel?