UK TARGET SCHOOLS TIER LIST 2020

Top Targets: LSE,Oxford, Cambridge and LBS. Low targets: UCL, Durham,Warwick and Imperial. Top semi-targets: Nottingham, Bristol, Edinburgh Low semi targets: Exeter, St Andrews, KCL, Strathclyde, Manchester and Cass.

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-Top Targets: Oxbridge > LSE = LBS -Targets: Warwick = UCL > Imperial -Top Semi-Targets: Nottingham, Bristol -Semi-Targets: Durham > Edinburgh = KCL = St. Andrews

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Top Targets: LSE,Oxford, Cambridge, UCL, Imperial and LBS. Low targets: Durham,Warwick Top semi-targets: Nottingham, Bristol, Edinburgh Low semi targets: Exeter, St Andrews, KCL, Strathclyde, Manchester Shit tier: Cass, City

 
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Top Target: Oxford, Cambridge, LSE

Target: UCL, Warwick and Imperial

Top semi-target: Durham

Semi-target: Bristol, Nottingham, KCL, Edinburgh, Bath, Exeter and St Andrews

Prominent non-target: Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, York, Cass and Loughborough

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You've all drank the bullshit Kool-Aid universities, recruiters and banks have been force feeding you. Here's the truth!

Top Targets: Kent Business School, Liverpool School of Management and Newcastle University Business School Targets: University of Salford, University of Lincoln and Strathclyde University Semi-Targets: University of Brighton, University of Central Lancashire and Robert Gordon University Bottom Bucket shit holes which land you a BO role in Bulgaria (if you're lucky) : LSE, LBS, Oxford and Cambridge

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