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Is the University of Geneva a target school? (ranked 106th by QS)

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In times of increasing diversity and inclusion, target schools are much more loosely defined than in the past. For starters, it's much less about international ranking and more about national ranking, often specific to degree major etc. The local recruiting team typically have a decent understanding of where they are likely to find talent (e.g., engineering at university x) and so I would initiate a discussion with them instead of making an assumption based on answers here.

As an example, my alma mater was a target school for McKinsey (and Bain) despite not being ranked in the global top 100. Both firms used to visit my campus for the careers fair and company presentation where they hired a few undergrads each year.

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Hi there, 

unfortunately, it's not really considered a target school. 

Target schools in Europe include LBS, Bocconi, Spanish business schools, Cambridge Judge, Warwick, Imperial, Oxford Said and some others.

Hope it helps!

Cheers,

GB

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Lukas
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Hi, 

I ran a quick LinkedIn search for you. Currently, there are not many people working at McKinsey who studied at the Unversity of Geneva, so with an outstanding profile, it might still be possible. but as Gaurav mentioned the University of Geneva is not considered a target school.

Hope that helps. 

Kind regards, 
Lukas

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Think you might have had a typo in the search. There are actually a quite a few.
Lukas
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Hi Henning, thanks for your tip. I checked and it mistake is probably due to a linkedin search limit. I updated my anwser.
Denis
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on Jan 18, 2021
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I agree with Lukas and Gaurav. Even if you intend to apply for MBB in Zurich, they mostly recruit from St Gallen and ETH. In other European countries you will likely not find anyone in MBB from U of Geneva.

Best,
Denis

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Ian
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Hi there,

Sorry, but unfortunately it is not.

Also, just a tip, if a school is ranked 106 it's not really a target school for any top firm.

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Vlad
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Hi,

Agree with Ken, you should check with HR. MBB has recruiting events at this school - most probably it's a target one. You can also check with alums of this school

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Hello!

I agree that is not considered a target school

Cheers, 

Clara

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