How does big 4/OC&C compare with Oxbridge intake?
(full disclosure: I'm currently at Kellogg, College Oxford)
Are UK strategy houses mainly filled with Oxbridge graduates?
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Hey there,
Traditionally, there was a very heavy bias towards Oxbridge, but this is slowly changing. Additionally, London office tends to be very international (at least MBB, for sure), so there are a lot of non-UK graduates.
I would say rough split is:
- 50% non UK (i.e. top French / Italian / IrishUniversities, some Americans)
- - 50% UK graduates, of which:
- 80% Oxbridge
- 20% non-Oxbridge (i.e. Durham, Imperial, LSE, etc.)
My impression of Big 4 is that there are still a lot of Oxbridge graduates, but that they take many more from other non-Oxbridge but good Russell Group universities.
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