<p>What is Boston College’s career placement and alumni connections in California like, specifically for CSOM and specifically for Southern California. I’ve always loved the California culture (i.e. newport beach, OC, malibu, etc) and would like to live there or at least work there for five years after graduation. What is the placement like there?</p>
<p>bump anyone? I am particularly interested in Management Consulting, Banking, Private Equity, Venture Capital, and International Business with Latin America and Asia. Of course a high salary is always nice 
lol can anyone enlighten me?</p>
<p>The short answer is to talk to someone at placement; they should be able to tell you more about where students end up than we can here.</p>
<p>The long answer - undergrad business schools are predominantly regional in their job placement strength. I suspect that the vast majority of BC grads (any school really) probably settle within 250 miles of either their home towns or the campus they attended. It’s easier and cheaper for placement offices to canvas companies closer to the mothership and it’s cheaper and easier for large companies to staff regional offices with schools near the hiring office (Why pay to move a BC grad from Boston to Chicago when one from Notre Dame is closer?)</p>
<p>That doesn’t mean you can’t get a job in California. But there will be fewer opportunities from companies visiting BC than say those visiting USC or UCLA. The truth is you’re probably going to have to do more work on the California front in order to insure that it happens.</p>
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<p>Forget region. Such plum jobs are highly unlikely, period. (First dibs go to grads of HYPSM, then national b-schools, such as Wharton, then other Ivy grads.)</p>
<p>My point is that all of those employers are prestige-hoes, and spend their time recruiting from the elite schools. Sure, BC and other top ~30 schools do send some kids to Wall Street every year, but they are top of the BC class…(and how many of them have connections to begin with.)</p>
<p>VC in California is tech-focused and up north, btw. Few such employers exist in The OC.</p>
<p>A few things here. First, your interests are quite disparate. Over time, you’ll figure out what the best fit is. It seems like your main interest is making money. There’s nothing wrong with that, of course, but you really want the right fit. The money will take care of itself after that. VC or PE are usually post-banking jobs as opposed to entry level. </p>
<p>Bluebayou is on target about the top tier firms focusing on the most prestigious schools first. Bain and McKinsey would be two prime examples of that. The Eagles who do go to Wall Street (banking, trading or private wealth) do tend to be top students both in class rank and in terms of extracurricular activities.</p>
<p>It’s far more likely your first few years will be in the northeast. Why would a firm based in California fly someone across the country to interview back east when they can easily fill their entry-level slots from the schools out west? It’s possible to do an interview on campus with a firm and have them refer you to the west coast part of the firm, but that’s unusual.</p>
<p>By the way, there’s a strong correlation between salary made and hours worked. For banking, an 80 hour week would be regarded as an easy week.</p>