<p>I agree McIntire is a stronger overall program than Carroll, including for recruiting purposes. However the downside is that it’s a two year and has (from what I’ve gathered) a very selective competitive admissions process. Risk should not be overlooked.</p>
<p>Carroll students who maintain a solid GPA and leverage the alumni network will have great opportunities in finance.</p>
<p>BC is not targeted by top consulting firms (McKiney, Bain, BCG) therefore “they have a smaller percentage of students getting” those jobs. UVA is targeted by these firms, just a few weeks ago Bain had a recruiting event on grounds. Take a look at their website… there is no college recruiting representative for BC. </p>
<p>If the OP likes BC because of the location then they should choose BC. However, the OP should take note that (ceteris paribus) graduating with a finance degree from McIntire will make it easier for him/her to secure a job in the financial industry.</p>
<p>Nonetheless, I am sure BC is a great school :)</p>
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<li>Side Note: The closer your college is to a city does not increase your chances of being recruited by all companies in that.</li>
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<p>BOSTON consulting group does not recruit at BOSTON college.</p>
<p>If you assume that the universe includes only those three firms then I guess your chances of being hired by them will be higher at UVA than BC. I’m not sure, though, how many UVA undergrads are hired by those consulting firms. Are we talking 1-2% of Business grads? If so, your chances are low even at UVA! BC had 74 graduates reporting finance jobs in IB, Treasury or Portfolio management. Obviously BC is still a good place to go to get a position in the financial industry. OP, if accepted at UVA, will have to decide whether he can thrive in the environment. If not, then BC would be the better choice without question.</p>
<p>I typed up a long post and it didn’t save so I’m going to cut to the chase.</p>
<p>Sources: <a href=“http://www.bc.edu/content/dam/files/offices/irpa/pdf/heoa/post-grad_plans_survey_2011.pdf[/url]”>http://www.bc.edu/content/dam/files/offices/irpa/pdf/heoa/post-grad_plans_survey_2011.pdf</a> <a href=“http://www.commerce.virginia.edu/careerservices/Documents/Destinations_Report_2011.pdf[/url]”>http://www.commerce.virginia.edu/careerservices/Documents/Destinations_Report_2011.pdf</a></p>
<p>Page 4 of McIntire - The average class size at McIntire is around 320. If you do the percentages for investment banking, investment management, sales and trading, and treasury/corporate finance you will find that about 43% of the Class of 2011 was in one of those roles.</p>
<p>Page 7 of BC - 74 of 374 respondents, or 20% are in these roles. Note that this report is for all of BC, not just Carroll, and only ~50% responded to the survey so sure there could be a huge Carroll contingent in a finance role that didn’t respond, but I doubt that the numbers would come near to 43%.</p>
<p>As for your question about the top consulting gigs - a quick LinkedIn search for people from UVA in entry-level positions at McKinsey, Bain, and BCG came up with 45. The same search for people from BC came up with 9.</p>
<p>The focus of OP’s concerns was finance, this would suggest IBD, S&T, and Corporate. Consulting is a completely different matter and I’m not sure why EcholsWannabe dragged that into the conversation because they are two completely different industries.</p>
<p>Regarding MBB recruiting though, the survey you pulled up for McIntire shows a total of 8 Undergrads and Masters students choosing to work there. The fact that there is any MBB recruiting presence at all at McIntire does speak to the strength of the program. However, even if we were to assume that all of those students were Undergrads, that is approximately less than 3% of the entire graduating class. If your goal is MBB, try for HYPW, not UVA or BC.</p>
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<p>I don’t think that is an entirely accurate assumption given that the respondent rate was relatively low, and the school doesn’t provide a Carroll specific recruiting report. </p>
<p>Also, if you talk to any faculty or students from CSOM (I have a sibling and another relative that attended), you will know that finance is by far the most popular major in the b-school, and probably one of the 3 most common majors at the university in general.</p>
<p>Just to source:
[Enrollment</a> Statistics - Office of Student Services - Boston College](<a href=“http://www.bc.edu/content/bc/offices/stserv/enroll.html]Enrollment”>http://www.bc.edu/content/bc/offices/stserv/enroll.html)</p>
<p>291 graduating Finance majors (most in the senior class) and 817 total, trailing only Biology and Communications.</p>
<p>Finance is the most popular major at every business school… 75% of McIntire is finance. Not sure what your point is.</p>
<p>I am a freshman in CSOM. While I haven’t gone through an official recruiting season (I’ll be xeroxing at a PWM internship all summer), I can almost certainly tell you by observation and talking to recruiting services that finance is the top major here and the greater plurality of CSOM kids pursue finance roles post graduation.</p>
<p>I am currently a freshman at Boston College’s Carroll School of Management, and I am looking to transfer to UVA and hopefully Mcintire, not because of academics, but because of fit. I will admit that UVA and Mcintire, today, are more prestigious than Boston College, but don’t be surprised if with the developments of the Institutional Master Plan, BC becomes more prestigious in the future. I’m a Finance and Operations major at BC and will tell you that in terms of hiring Mcintire and CSOM are both second tier schools behind ivies, Stanford, MIT, etc. and so one school won’t get you a job over the other. Also if two applicants from UVA and BC were applying for one job, the name on the diploma won’t get one a job over the other, but rather the better candidate.</p>
<p>I know that if I do end up transferring to UVA I won’t necessarily get into Mcintire so I would say that in terms of Job placement it is Mcintire>CSOM> UVA A&S.</p>
<p>Also Econ is the most popular major at BC followed closely by Finance.</p>
<p>I was having a tough time with this too, but ultimately i decided on BC (and I got in! woo!) What really seperated the two for me was that when you apply to BC, you’re accepted into the business school, and you’re there all 4 years. What worried me about UVA was that You only apply for the school of commerce after your sophmore year, so theoretically i could go to UVA for two years and get denied from the school of commerce. Then what would I do? Anyways you can’t go wrong with either of them, so goodluck choosing!</p>
<p>Have fun on the Heights. :)</p>
<p>I’ve spent a reasonable amount of time working in NYC downtown and have found that people don’t recognize anything more than a negligible different b/t BC and UVa. Those who do seem to edge BC up because it is a private school. </p>
<p>Personally, I don’t think the difference is significant enough to be weighed heavily as a deciding factor. Figure out which place you will be happier in, if you really want to go into finance, there will be no shortage of time spent in a fast paced city either now or later on in your career. </p>
<p>As for connections, I would be willing to bet significantly that both schools have astounding alumni who stay heavily involved within the programs. Frankly though, no matter where you go, you make the connections, the school helps those willing to help themselves. I go to East Carolina University currently (UVa transfer hopeful), I’ve made tons of connections and the program is nothing compared to UVA or BC. </p>
<p>Just pick somewhere you’ll be happy, be your biggest advocate and don’t forget to have fun. Do that and you’ll be successful anywhere you go.</p>