Target schools for Consulting

Hi,

I was wondering what the target and semi-target schools for consulting firms (MBB preferably) were.

Are they generally the same as the target schools for IB jobs? I tried searching but didn't find anything specific for consulting.

I'm interested in knowing how recruiting is at liberal arts colleges. Do MBB recruit at Amherst?

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Looks like only Bain does on campus stuff at Amherst among MBB:

http://www.joinbain.com/apply-to-bain/bain-on-your-campus/school_events… http://www.McKinsey.com/careers/apply/university_recruiting/schools/ba/other_schools (search for Amherst on the McK website and it leads you to this) http://www.BCG.com/join_bcg/oncampus/SchoolSearchResults.aspx?pageunavailable=Amherst%20College

The first post on this is a really great summary of what you can find on the MBB websites for whether an individual school is a target. The other commenters are ridiculous. http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/1206919-sc…-BCG-McKinsey.html

 

Thanks. I came across the College Confidential link but I wasn't sure how accurate that was, so I wanted to double check here.

 

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