The Complete List of Target Schools and Universities
The list may include graduate schools.
Without further ado:
- Harvard University (http://tinyurl.com/73vbhd4)
- UPenn: Wharton School of Business (http://tinyurl.com/726sv75)
- Stanford University
- Princeton University
- Yale University
- Cornell University
- Columbia University
- Dartmouth University
- MIT
- University of Oxford
- INSEAD
- Smith College
- Wellesley
- Tufts
- LBS
- Bocconi
- University of Cambridge
- Amherst College
- Brown University
- University of Chicago
- Williams College
- London School of Economics
- Duke University
- University of Pennsylvania: College of Arts and Sciences
- Northwestern University
- University of Michigan: Ross School of Business
- University of Virginia: McIntire
- Georgetown University
- UCLA: Anderson
- USC: Marshall
- Claremont McKenna
- Vanderbilt University
- University of Texas: McCombs school of Business
- Rice University
- Emory University
- University of North Carolina: Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flager)
- Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper)
- University of Indiana (Kelley)
- John Hopkins University
- Boston College
- New York University (Stern)
- University of California: Berkeley
- Pomona College
- Notre Dame
- Ivey School of Business
- Queens College
- McGill
Now obviously not all of these schools are equal when it comes to recruitment, but based off this website and my own opinion, you should have a good chance if you go to any of the above schools and network. The amount of networking you might need to do will differ depending on the school itself of course.





u of chicago?
u of chicago?
Interestingly enough,
Interestingly enough, McKinsey and Bain don't recruit at the University of Chicago.
Wustl has OCR for MBB
Wustl has OCR for MBB
Ivey school of business,
Ivey school of business, Queens University and Mcgill in Canada all get MBB ocr.
HEC ESSEC Ecole Polytechnique
HEC
ESSEC
Ecole Polytechnique (France regional)
Wawrick
University of St. Gallen ( http://www.bankingdays.unisg.ch/org/es/bd.nsf/wwwC... )
WHU Vallendar ( http://campus-for-finance.com/NYC/Sponsors-and-Par... )
IIM-A / IIM-C
It looks like he was focusing
It looks like he was focusing mostly US schools or recruiting for US positions (Oxford and INSEAD notwithstanding) , explaining the absence of Canadian schools mentioned by posters above.
I too am surprised University of Chicago is not on the list.
I just overlooked UChicago,
I just overlooked UChicago, and the idea is that the community contributes to the list heh.
I would take off Smith and
I would take off Smith and Tufts. I don't think the networks are there, and they don't have finance/business degrees. Maybe in 5-10 years, but definitely not right now.
See my other WSO blog posts
If you're going to include
If you're going to include Smith and Tufts, you have to include Middlebury/Wesleyan/Vassar (which get a smattering of recruiting from the Big 4, etc.), which I don't think can be considered true "targets."
Also, it's Dartmouth College,
Also, it's Dartmouth College, not Dartmouth University.
* Indiana University - Kelley
* Indiana University - Kelley School of Business . . . not University of Indiana
nerdspeak: If you're going to
If you're going to include Smith and Tufts, you have to include Middlebury/Wesleyan/Vassar (which get a smattering of recruiting from the Big 4, etc.), which I don't think can be considered true "targets."
Totally agree. They are all great schools, but I think definitely worth leaving off. They fit comfortably into the semi-target category. If you're a star student and get great internships through your own networking, you can go MBB or BB, but you have to be on top of your game.
See my other WSO blog posts
Is Caltech one? How about
Is Caltech one?
How about colleges like Wash U in St louis and swarthmore?
Top 5 LACs should all be on
Top 5 LACs should all be on there
williams amherst swarthmore pomona middlebury
It's just that students in some schools are not as interested in I-B compared to those in other schools.
If you've been to most of these schools' recruiting events, you'd know all those BBs are there - how many people are interested? I don't know.
I would consider Tufts a
I would consider Tufts a non-target. Not sure about Smith. Also make sure to indicate that only Notre Dame and Boston College's business schools (named Mendoza and Carroll/CSOM respectively) would be consider semi-target, as their A&S programs do not get significant recruiting.
My sister goes to Tufts and
Why is my Cal State System
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