<p>How heavily, if at all, does McKinsey/Bain recruit from UVA undergrad in the College and/or in McIntire? (From McKinsey's website it appears as if most people attended undergrad at an Ivy, Stanford, or Oxford.)</p>
<p>I love career services but I keep getting sugar-coated answers. </p>
<p>Comments and information are welcome.</p>
<p>I know last year there were at least 2 or 3 people that I know of that went to Bain. I know one student going to Bain this year and one student going to McKinsey. All the people I know that have gone to those places are Lawnies, but that’s just my personal experience for what it’s worth. Also, all of these students have been in the College (the two Bain off the top of my head are Nursing/MPH and Pol Hon and then McKinsey is Gov’t DMP). That may just be because I don’t know many COMM students though.</p>
<p>McKinsey is primarily strategy consulting, so they need people who can communicate well. As a result, they will be considering liberal arts majors who have good analytical skills and solid speaking/writing skills. My guess is they would recruit at both. I know a few kids who got into McKinsey; one was definitely from the College, and I believe the other was, too. Don’t stress too much about your major; just get good grades and work on case practice.</p>
<p>To work for Bain, you need at least 3 years prior experience in off-shore tax shelters.</p>
<p>^ LOL!
10 char</p>
<p>Recruiting at the top three consulting firms is essentially a binary variable: either they recruit at the school, or they don’t. If they recruit at your school, you essentially have the same potential to get in as at top schools like Harvard/Princeton/etc, because you can (if you’re good) get an interview through career services, and once you have an interview that’s going to be the primary way they determine if you’re hired. If a firm doesn’t recruit at your school, you have to go through the regular (online, firmwide) application process, which is way tougher. Luckily, MBB all recruit at UVA</p>
<p>Unfortunately, McIntire has placed itself as a target school for the Big 4! Not so much in demand by the Strategy Consulting or Investment Banking Firms.</p>
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<p>You’re completely misinformed.</p>
<p>OP, MBB all recruit at McIntire.</p>
<p>Here’s info for McKinsey:
[University</a> of Virginia | Careers | McKinsey & Company](<a href=“http://www.mckinsey.com/careers/apply/university_recruiting/schools/ba/university_of_virginia]University”>http://www.mckinsey.com/careers/apply/university_recruiting/schools/ba/university_of_virginia)</p>
<p>And for Bain:
[Join</a> Bain & Company: School welcome > Bain on your campus > Apply to Bain](<a href=“http://www.joinbain.com/apply-to-bain/bain-on-your-campus/school_welcome.asp?school_id=22]Join”>http://www.joinbain.com/apply-to-bain/bain-on-your-campus/school_welcome.asp?school_id=22)</p>