How do top LAC's compare to Ivy Leagues?

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<p>monydad wrote:

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<p>That was a back-of-the-envelope reply to what was in itself a rather sweeping assertion (i.e., “no one had never heard of Williams, Middlebury, or any other top LAC for that matter”), the product of about five minutes worth of googling. I do not pretend that it is by any means exhaustive or conclusive as to any question other than whether BCG (or any other large, strategic consulting firm) have ever heard of Williams, Middlebury or Wesleyan? the answer is, yes.</p>

<p>I might add, that if you go to BCG’s own website and click on the drop-down box for careers/bachelors degrees you encounter the following:

[BCG</a> - Careers - Bachelors](<a href=“Home | Careers | Boston Consulting Group”>Home | Careers | Boston Consulting Group)</p>

<p>It doesn’t specify Harvard and Yale only, it says “top college or university”. It seems to me if they wanted to discourage non-Ivy graduates from applying, they could do so. But, they don’t. </p>

<p>As for whether they actually send someone to Middletown to set up a picnic table in Usdan Center, I don’t really know; it’s a little late in the recruiting season. But, I do know that Wesleyan as well as seven or eight other top LACs regularly arrange joint trips to New York and Boston for the purpose of showcasing their seniors to some of the top corporations in America. If Mohamed won’t come to the mountain, the mountains (or New England hills) will come to Mohamed:

<a href=“http://www.wesleyan.edu/crc/employers/employer_resources.html[/url]”>http://www.wesleyan.edu/crc/employers/employer_resources.html](<a href=“http://capcon.experience.com/emp/sblogin]experience.com[/url”>http://capcon.experience.com/emp/sblogin)</a></p>

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<p>Humm, why ask a question about an issue that was clearly addressed before? BCG recruits at Amherst, Barnard, at the Claremont Colleges, and at Morehouse. </p>

<p>See post number 3!</p>

<p>"According to the BCG’s website, there are only a few colleges that have recruiting coordinators. In the case of LACs, the list is remarkably short: </p>

<p>Amherst College
Barnard College
Claremont Colleges"</p>

<p>Fwiw, here’s the relevant page on BCG’s site:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.bcg.com/join_bcg/oncampus/default.aspx[/url]”>http://www.bcg.com/join_bcg/oncampus/default.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>BCG actively recruits qualified applicants at a number of colleges and universities around the world. Our goal is to help interested students better understand the challenges and opportunities of a consulting career at our firm. Enter the name of your school in the search box …</p>

<p>That box is on the right side under School Search. To see the entire list, just enter a common letter such as “a” or “e.” To see the LACs only, simply type College and you will find:</p>

<p>Amherst College
Barnard College
Claremont Colleges
Dartmouth College: All Undergraduates
Dartmouth College: Amos Tuck School of Business
Morehouse College: All Undergraduates
Imperial College London
University College Dublin
Trinity College Dublin</p>

<p>Pretty simple!</p>

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<p>Indeed there are a number of consortia that institutions have developed to supplement their on-campus recruiting.
ECCD, LACN (web only),CIC,UCAN,FRC,SLAC,NIC (post grad internships),CapCon,NYRC, Metro-Link.</p>

<p>"Humm, why ask a question about an issue that was clearly addressed before? "
johnwelsey’s comments could have led some people to suppose otherwise; that they recruited at Wesleyan as well, website posting notwithstanding. I was just trying to clear up that point, lest some be misled. Otherwise what was the point him making those comments? Of course they’ve heard of Wesleyan. They’ve also probably heard of U Minnesota-Morris, and for all I know they’ve got someone there who did their undergrad there too.</p>

<p>BTW, might as well just get this on record, as one big footnote, I don’t like repeating:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/1074540-liberal-arts-college-vs-university.html?[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/1074540-liberal-arts-college-vs-university.html?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I knew the question was rhetorical and, fwiw, also knew it would prompt a meandering answer. </p>

<p>Inasmuch as the “never heard of” is mostly a hoax, it is undeniable that BCG’s clearly underscores its recruiting preferences by the schools at which it does have a recruiting coordinator. One can draw his or her own conclusions why the list is much longer for universities than for LACs. </p>

<p>But it is what it is!</p>

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<p>BCG is not the point.</p>

<p>I could easily be convinced that the UG education that one gets at a top LAC is in fact superior to the Ivies. No matter how bright the faculty at an Ivy might be, their time and attention is simply split more ways that would be the case for LAC faculty.</p>

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<p>Um, we can discuss this `til the cows come home. For example, monydad makes a big deal over questioning whether Wesleyan alumni currently or in the recent past, got their BCG jobs “right out of college”. However, if you go to the BCG website, it is clear that one reason they target so many universities for on-campus visits it that they are interviewing all comers, including, J.D. candidates, MBA candidates, graduate students, a large number of whom (as the examples from post#7 demonstrate) are bound to be from top LACs.</p>