LSE-> Non UK MBB

Was lurking Linkedin to check some stats and I noticed that in all MBB consulting, LSE alums dominated Oxbridge grads, which was contrary to what I had believed till now. I thought that Oxbridge was the only target school for consulting and Imperial and LSE were much much less of a target, although still a target.

Then I filtered for the UK and LSE dropped significantly below Oxbridge. LSE grads are almost equally divided beteen US and the UK, sometimes even more in the US, which seemed odd.

Stats for Top 3 UK Schools in MBB-

McKinsey and Co

McKinsey & Co- 756 LSE 597 Oxford 521 Cambridge McKinsey & Co UK- 237 Oxford 201 Cambridge 137 LSE McKinsey & Co US- 165 Oxford 152 LSE 76 Cambridge McKinsey & Co Other- 467 LSE 244 Cambridge 195 Oxford

Boston Consulting Group Boston Consulting Group- 602 LSE 432 Cambridge 383 Oxford Boston Consulting Group UK- 205 Cambridge 163 Oxford 123 LSE Boston Consulting Group US- 115 LSE 97 Oxford 60 Cambridge Boston Consulting Group Other- 364 LSE 167 Cambridge 123 Oxford

Bain and Company Bain and Company- 367 LSE 273 Oxford 253 Cambridge Bain and Company UK- 140 Cambridge 133 Oxford 68 LSE Bain and Company US- 78 LSE 73 Oxford 28 Cambridge Bain and Company Other- 221 LSE 75 Cambridge 63 Oxford

Does this mean that LSE grads just lateral/transfer a lot more to the US and other locations or do they get more entry level positions in Other Countries because UK market is so dominant with Oxbridge? I know that linkedin data is not the most nuanced data out there but there is a trend. What do you make of it?

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There is another option, albeit a less likely one. We have a colleague who is a LSE grad and who is a dual passport holder (USC and UK citizen). He lives and works in the US for us. So if a US citizen studies at LSE that person would also show up in your search under US staff if they return home.

But this question is pretty interesting.

 
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Two reasons IMO.

Firstly, LSE has a lot of overseas MSc students that will have strong UG education. These would likely get MBB in their home office anyway - LSE just enhances the resume a little.

Secondly, LSE takes an obscene amount of people on their general course and summer school. These aren’t really LSE students but are counted as alumni if you do a typical search on LinkedIn. This is also why it seems hugely overrrepresrnted for finance roles too (not saying it’s not great, but numbers on LinkedIn don’t actually match real data from incoming analyst classes).

 

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