Which schools are targets at the top 3 consulting firms (Bain, BCG, McKinsey)?

[RML]

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As you can see, the University of Chicago link on the McKinsey Campus Dropdown Box leads us to a generic recruiting page which asks all students of universities at non target schools to apply by a firm deadline as is the case for other non targets like the University of Minnesota and Southern Methodist University. Universities that are targets like Penn and Dartmouth and whatever have school-specific deadlines along with a firm wide presentation on campus where interested applicants can meet with school alums working at the company.

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<p>Chicago, Minnesota and SMU are also target schools. Maybe there are more Penn and Dartmouth getting hired eventually, but that’s not because Penn and Dartmouth are “more targets” but because there are more Penn and Dartmouth grads who qualify or more fit for the position. All the schools listed on McKinsey are target schools – I asked a friend about this. HYSPM+Penn&Dartmouth send more because they usually have more applicants that the company thinks are “more fitted” for the job.</p>

[parent57]

<p>All three firms recruit at Claremont McKenna.</p>

[tk21769]

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Maybe there are more Penn and Dartmouth getting hired eventually, …

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<p>Yes, maybe. Recruiting ^= considering ^= hiring.
Does anyone have data on the actual number of hires?</p>

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… but that’s not because Penn and Dartmouth are “more targets” but because there are more Penn and Dartmouth grads who qualify or more fit for the position.

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<p>Or maybe more Penn and Dartmouth students are following through with resumes. Unless you know the ratio of hires to applicants, this is all rather speculative. Even then, you don’t know if firm X is drumming up equal interest from the most qualified students available at School A and School B. And even if you did, it would be hard to tease out treatment effects from selection effects attributable to each college that yields successful applicants.</p>

<p>William & Mary ranked 3rd for Peace Corps volunteers in 2009. Georgetown ranked 6th, Chicago 9th, Cornell 12th, Tufts 14th. Yale ranked 33rd, Stanford 51st, Harvard 72nd, MIT 172nd, Princeton 236th. Maybe there’s a correlation with career preferences, maybe not. There are lots of variables in play here.</p>

[jhaverford4587]

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@UCBChemEGrad

Texas is a public and recruited by all three firms. Shouldn’t they be classified as “NATIONAL” because interviews are held in their career center by the OP’s logic?

Well if you look at the contact email on BCG’s Events page for UT-Austin, it says “<a href="mailto:texasrecruiting@bcg.com”>texasrecruiting@bcg.com</a>" which implies that the firm’s hiring at the school is regional and they are trying to find applicants who are a good fit for the Houston/Dallas offices. I’ve never heard of a UT grad break into a non-Texas office at MBB before.</p>

<p>[BCG</a> - BCG at University of Texas: Undergraduate and Non-Business Masters](<a href=“http://www.bcg.com/join_bcg/oncampus/texas.aspx#events]BCG”>http://www.bcg.com/join_bcg/oncampus/texas.aspx#events)</p>

<p>For comparison, look at how extensive the recruiting calendar is for BCG at Duke. They have multiple information sessions and speak to like 5 student-led business organizations on campus in addition to resume drops and interviews directly in the Career Center. This is how you know that the school is a very strong national target for BCG.</p>

<p>[BCG</a> - BCG at Duke University](<a href=“http://www.bcg.com/join_bcg/oncampus/duke.aspx#events]BCG”>http://www.bcg.com/join_bcg/oncampus/duke.aspx#events)</p>

<p>They even have an LGBT-specific networking session at a restaurant.;)</p>

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@RML

Chicago, Minnesota and SMU are also target schools.

Yeah, no they’re not haha.</p>

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@RML

Maybe there are more Penn and Dartmouth getting hired eventually, but that’s not because Penn and Dartmouth are “more targets” but because there are more Penn and Dartmouth grads who qualify or more fit for the position. All the schools listed on McKinsey are target schools – I asked a friend about this. HYSPM+Penn&Dartmouth send more because they usually have more applicants that the company thinks are “more fitted” for the job.

In addition to being a better fit for the job, Dartmouth and Penn have scores of prominent alumni in these organizations and have a reputation for having very strong student bodies with great analytical abilities. Minnesota and SMU, not so much.</p>

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@RML

So, Berkeley grads are limited to California offices? Then would you care to explain to us why there were Berkeley grads in NY, London, HK, Singapore, China and Tokyo? I don’t understand that part.

They probably got their MBA from Haas which is a very strong national target at the professional level.</p>

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@RML

Really? Maybe you should tell that to many Harvard, MIT, Princeton, Yale and Columbia grads who are now stationed in West Coast offices. LOL

What’s your point?</p>

[Ephman]

<p>Ultimately, what is relevant is where these school HIRE from. I know that McKinsey and BCG both hire tons of Williams grads (in fact, two of my good friends – neither of whom had insanely high GPA’s – got jobs at McKinsey out of college, and one each at BCG and Bain, granted, this was some time ago, but I’ve certainly heard of plenty of Williams grads getting job offers from all of these places over the years). It may not always be practical / cost-effective to schedule an on-campus session at a small, relatively out of the way place like Williams or Amherst (although some years all of these places certainly have), but your odds of landing at top-flight consulting gig out of college from those two are as good as virtually anywhere (Harvard is probably the easiest, but Williams/Amherst will certainly better position you than a few schools where they may do interviews). </p>

<p>See, e.g.,:</p>

<p>[Business</a> Analyst Consultant’s Profile | Bachelor’s Degree Williams College | New York | McKinsey Careers](<a href=“http://www.mckinsey.com/careers/who_is_mckinsey/who_we_are/our_people/consultant/Ainsley%20OConnell.aspx]Business”>http://www.mckinsey.com/careers/who_is_mckinsey/who_we_are/our_people/consultant/Ainsley%20OConnell.aspx)</p>

<p>[Partner</a> Consultant’s Profile | Bachelor’s Degree Williams College | Washington, D.C. | McKinsey Careers](<a href=“http://www.mckinsey.com/careers/who_is_mckinsey/who_we_are/our_people/consultant/Biniam_g.aspx]Partner”>http://www.mckinsey.com/careers/who_is_mckinsey/who_we_are/our_people/consultant/Biniam_g.aspx)</p>

[bradyfanatic]

<p>Does anyone know what to major in at Duke to have the best shot at obtaining a job as an investment banker? Trinity or Pratt? If Trinity, what major at Trinity, and if Pratt, what major at Pratt?</p>

[swimchris]

<p>I know all 3 firms have co-op placements and hire kids after graduation at Northeastern. McKinsey and Bain hire for significantly more than their Boston office.</p>

[kwu]

<p>Painstakingly researched, painfully accurate data that should be stickied in the “Internships, Careers, and Employment” sub-forum.</p>

[Sam_Lee]

<p>OP,</p>

<p>So the chicago offices must have extremely high turnover so they need to interview northwestern, uchicago, michigan on different days just to fill the staffing need of that single office (assuming none of them even goes to other schools to recruit). LOL!!! </p>

<p>Of course schools like Duke, Brown, and Dartmouth are “national” cos there’s no office closeby. You expect college kids to fly for first-round interview? Or you expect those firms to run around with trailer offices? LOL!</p>

<p>Given how big a feeder Kellogg is for those top-3 management firms (probably second only to Harvard), do you really expect Northwestern ug is recruited only for Chicago office?</p>

[UCBChemEGrad]

<p>^ Mildcats, Sam… Mildcats.</p>

[Sam_Lee]

<p>Their teeth and claws are still sharp. All the bears watch out.</p>

[Ivyt]

<p>No Notre Dame?</p>

[jillweng]

<p>Where’s carnegie mellon?</p>

[k_amp_s]

<p>

Their teeth and claws are still sharp. All the bears watch out.

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<p>Esp. the Cal teddy bears.</p>

<p>“National” here pretty much means East Coast (NYC).</p>

<p>Gee, pretty much all the schools listed as “national” are on the EC.</p>

<p>And I must have been mistaken that all the people I knew who ended up working at consulting firms (much less i-banks) on the EC must really have just stayed in Chicago.</p>

[Sam_Lee]

<p>Outside of those top-3, Northwestern UG is also a target (the list is even shorter) for the following:
Oliver Wyman
Columbia
Cornell
Dartmouth
Harvard
Kellogg (Northwestern b-school)
MIT
Northwestern
Princeton
Stanford
University of Pennsylvania
University of Virginia
Yale</p>

<p>Booz & Co.
Booth (UChicago b-school)
Columbia
Columbia b-school
Darden (UVA b-school)
Harvard
Harvard b-school
Kellogg (Northwestern b-school)
McComb (UTexas b-school)
Northwestern
NYU Stern
Princeton
Rice
Ross (UMich b-school)
SMU
Stanford b-school
Texas
University of Pennsylvania
Wharton</p>

<p>ATKearney
MBA
Booth
Columbia
Darden
Hass
Kellogg
McCombs
Ross
Tepper
Wharton
UG/non-MBA
Northwestern
UMich
Penn</p>

<p>Cambridge Group
UG
Chicago
Northwestern
Michigan
MBA
Booth
Kellogg
Ross</p>

<p>[Oliver</a> Wyman Careers- Recruiting Events](<a href=“http://www.oliverwyman.com/careers/18.htm]Oliver”>http://www.oliverwyman.com/careers/18.htm)
[At</a> your school](<a href=“http://www.booz.com/global/home/join_us/at_your_school]At”>http://www.booz.com/global/home/join_us/at_your_school)
[North</a> America | Careers](<a href=“http://www.atkearney.com/index.php/Careers/north-america.html]North”>http://www.atkearney.com/index.php/Careers/north-america.html)</p>

[dua_xichlo]

<p>Does this list of campus only apply to entry-level? How about associate/MBA recruit, are these also the target schools for the higher level?</p>

[HalfPastThree]

Bumping this old thread because I thought it had some very helpful info for applicants applying this year. I checked a few of these colleges to see if the list is still generally solid now in 2016, and it does hold. Notre Dame, which was not included, is a target at all of MBB. Not sure if it’s a regional or national target for all, but I can say that for BCG, it’s Chicago regional.