friend of mine at tier 1 (GS/JPM/MS) ER from Manchester. wouldn't go running to the bank with that (literally or metaphorically)

"After you work on Wall Street it’s a choice, would you rather work at McDonalds or on the sell-side? I would choose McDonalds over the sell-side.” - David Tepper
 

From what I have seen, the University of Manchester is at the least a Semi Target. Almost all of the banks show up for a presentation, and there is a HUGE alumni base in Investment Banking. They recently hooked me with their recruitment emails. I've been talking with one of their recruiters,and it sounds like I'm pretty shoe in. If I fail the GRE, I have an amazing safety school for next year at the minimum lol. I would suggest going, the only down fall is that its not actually in the city of london. There are a few firms in Manchester it seems, but you would have to move out to london to make it work.

 

Manchester is a semi-target, their alumni is decent (mainly MO/BO tho) but you also have to remember it is the UKs largest university.

 

Manchester is a non-target.

Before getting to Manchester you have (in no particular order):

Oxford, Cambridge, LSE, UCL, Imperial, Bristol, Edinburgh, KCL, St. Andrews, Durham, Nottingham, Bath, and Newcastle.

 
GlobeTF:

Manchester is a non-target.

Before getting to Manchester you have (in no particular order):

Oxford, Cambridge, LSE, UCL, Imperial, Bristol, Edinburgh, KCL, St. Andrews, Durham, Nottingham, Bath, and Newcastle.

Lol. Don't post **** like that here if you don't know the situation of targets in the UK. Where is Warwick in your list? Definitely a target, not a semi-target.

OP, Oxbridge, LSE, Imperial, Warwick and UCL are targets. Bristol, Durham, Notts, Bath, Edinburgh, Cass I'd say are the semi-targets. Manchester isn't.

 
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Hildan48:
GlobeTF:

Manchester is a non-target.

Before getting to Manchester you have (in no particular order):

Oxford, Cambridge, LSE, UCL, Imperial, Bristol, Edinburgh, KCL, St. Andrews, Durham, Nottingham, Bath, and Newcastle.

Lol. Don't post **** like that here if you don't know the situation of targets in the UK. Where is Warwick in your list? Definitely a target, not a semi-target.

OP, Oxbridge, LSE, Imperial, Warwick and UCL are targets. Bristol, Durham, Notts, Bath, Edinburgh, Cass I'd say are the semi-targets. Manchester isn't.

Take a breath, calm down, it's Friday.
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Good Uni, good rep in general in the UK. Not on the same level as LSE/Imperial/Oxbridge in terms of placement but nothing to be frowned at. Really middle ground kind of uni in terms of how it does in finance, in my opinion. Could do worse, could do better.

That said entry is usually pretty steep, so if you're in the process of applying, there are better universities with similar grade requirements.

 

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