what about Bocconi University?

[Anonymous]

How do you spell Bucknell in Italian? Bocconi.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s well represented in NY finance. To say otherwise is a lie.



The top recruiters include, among other:

Accenture
Amazon
Bain & Company
Banca d'Italia
Competition and Markets Authority
Deloitte
European Central Bank
European Commission
EY
FTI Consulting
Generali
Iason Group
Intesa Sanpaolo
IQVIA
J.P. Morgan
KPMG
Marsh & McLennan
McKinsey & Company
Oxera Consulting Llp
PwC
Societe Generale
The Boston Consulting Group
The Brattle Group
The Goldman Sachs Group

Yes but WHERE matters a lot. Consulting gig in Milan or any European city for that matter is different than being based in NYC LA Chicago. Recruitment for US offices are done on US campuses. Unless OPs kid wants to actually live in Europe.

[Anonymous]

I’ve worked with someone from Bocconi. Great school. Well regarded across Europe. In the US while some employers may recognize it, the majority in the US recruiting pipelie - recruiter, low level team members, will not know it. Just being honest. I would go to Bocconi if I had connections stateside to internships and employment. I would go if I wanted to work in the EU and learn a second language. I would NOT go if I really don’t know Why I’d be going other than it is a ranked business school that teaches in English. The PP that has Pitt and Bocconi as choices - those are wildly different options and feels like an approach of - just apply anywhere, you’re not getting into Wharton or Stern, so let’s look across the pond.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ve worked with someone from Bocconi. Great school. Well regarded across Europe. In the US while some employers may recognize it, the majority in the US recruiting pipelie - recruiter, low level team members, will not know it. Just being honest. I would go to Bocconi if I had connections stateside to internships and employment. I would go if I wanted to work in the EU and learn a second language. I would NOT go if I really don’t know Why I’d be going other than it is a ranked business school that teaches in English. The PP that has Pitt and Bocconi as choices - those are wildly different options and feels like an approach of - just apply anywhere, you’re not getting into Wharton or Stern, so let’s look across the pond.

(psst: Pretty sure the Pitt/Old miss poster was joking.)

[Anonymous]

I’ve worked with people from Bocconi as well while I lived abroad in London. Honestly, what stood out the most about their graduates is their incredibly inflated sense of self which was not matched by their performance on the job.

I can get if you act like an arrogant prick coming out of HYP/Wharton. Bocconi…not so much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Great pipeline to La Strada.

I ACTUALLY just spit out my Chipotle. You win, sir or madam!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ve worked with someone from Bocconi. Great school. Well regarded across Europe. In the US while some employers may recognize it, the majority in the US recruiting pipelie - recruiter, low level team members, will not know it. Just being honest. I would go to Bocconi if I had connections stateside to internships and employment. I would go if I wanted to work in the EU and learn a second language. I would NOT go if I really don’t know Why I’d be going other than it is a ranked business school that teaches in English. The PP that has Pitt and Bocconi as choices - those are wildly different options and feels like an approach of - just apply anywhere, you’re not getting into Wharton or Stern, so let’s look across the pond.

(psst: Pretty sure the Pitt/Old miss poster was joking.)

DP: Seriously, this had to have been a joke people! Sheesh, lighten up!

[Anonymous]

GS NY has a whole brocconi crew. Well represented. I suspected it would be easier getting a job in London first, but that’s a good path.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, it’s on our list. We are down to Pitt, Bocconi, and Ole Miss.

This is nuts. Kids that go to Pitt/Ole Miss are not the type that would do well at Bocconi. Bocconi is a small, highly theoretical school filled with kids who went to scientifico high school in Italy. These high schools are five years and hard to get into. The kids who go are brilliant.

Wait, are you saying people that go to Pitt and Ole Miss aren't brilliant?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I learned something today, as I am in finance (I was an econ major at a T10 uni, and spent early years at GS) and have never heard of it. Not saying it is not well regarded, but in my 30 years in the field in NY and DC, I doubt I’ve met a grad.

But starting from the assumptions that it is an excellent econ program and that your son intends to base his career in the US, I mention 3 things for consideration.

- much US based company internship interviewing occurs on campus soph and junior years, your son will not be as positioned for those internships

- there is value to peer connections made while in college if intending to work in a field like finance, and your son would lack much of that network

- I’d look into if his class choices will be limited, since he could only take those taught in English. (tangentially, I would question the quality if professorship at a university that primarily teaches classes in a language not its home language)

Clearly, as you stated, you were a low level employee at GS….At my PE shop in the NYC (you know who we are), I have 14 Bocconi grads working there. 8 straight from undergrad and 6 from their Master programs.
A quick glance on LinkedIn, shows 26 Bocconi grads at GS in NYC including 6 MDs….and several VPs…

Stop spreading misinformation if you admittedly know NOTHING about Bocconi. His class choices are not limited. ALL THE CLASSES at these international programs are taught in English. Bocconi is an European university that teaches mainly in English. Your questioning of the professorship at Bocconi is laughable if not ridiculous. Typical american exceptionalism with limited knowledge of the world beyond your field of vision….

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I learned something today, as I am in finance (I was an econ major at a T10 uni, and spent early years at GS) and have never heard of it. Not saying it is not well regarded, but in my 30 years in the field in NY and DC, I doubt I’ve met a grad.

But starting from the assumptions that it is an excellent econ program and that your son intends to base his career in the US, I mention 3 things for consideration.

- much US based company internship interviewing occurs on campus soph and junior years, your son will not be as positioned for those internships

- there is value to peer connections made while in college if intending to work in a field like finance, and your son would lack much of that network

- I’d look into if his class choices will be limited, since he could only take those taught in English. (tangentially, I would question the quality if professorship at a university that primarily teaches classes in a language not its home language)

Clearly, as you stated, you were a low level employee at GS….At my PE shop in the NYC (you know who we are), I have 14 Bocconi grads working there. 8 straight from undergrad and 6 from their Master programs.
A quick glance on LinkedIn, shows 26 Bocconi grads at GS in NYC including 6 MDs….and several VPs…

Stop spreading misinformation if you admittedly know NOTHING about Bocconi. His class choices are not limited. ALL THE CLASSES at these international programs are taught in English. Bocconi is an European university that teaches mainly in English. Your questioning of the professorship at Bocconi is laughable if not ridiculous. Typical american exceptionalism with limited knowledge of the world beyond your field of vision….

Triggered!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I learned something today, as I am in finance (I was an econ major at a T10 uni, and spent early years at GS) and have never heard of it. Not saying it is not well regarded, but in my 30 years in the field in NY and DC, I doubt I’ve met a grad.

But starting from the assumptions that it is an excellent econ program and that your son intends to base his career in the US, I mention 3 things for consideration.

- much US based company internship interviewing occurs on campus soph and junior years, your son will not be as positioned for those internships

- there is value to peer connections made while in college if intending to work in a field like finance, and your son would lack much of that network

- I’d look into if his class choices will be limited, since he could only take those taught in English. (tangentially, I would question the quality if professorship at a university that primarily teaches classes in a language not its home language)

Clearly, as you stated, you were a low level employee at GS….At my PE shop in the NYC (you know who we are), I have 14 Bocconi grads working there. 8 straight from undergrad and 6 from their Master programs.
A quick glance on LinkedIn, shows 26 Bocconi grads at GS in NYC including 6 MDs….and several VPs…

Stop spreading misinformation if you admittedly know NOTHING about Bocconi. His class choices are not limited. ALL THE CLASSES at these international programs are taught in English. Bocconi is an European university that teaches mainly in English. Your questioning of the professorship at Bocconi is laughable if not ridiculous. Typical american exceptionalism with limited knowledge of the world beyond your field of vision….

I just looked on LinkedIn for Blackstone and they say there are 19 people in NYC with Bocconi in their profile.

First person I clicked was an Italian that started in investment banking in London, switched to NYC office of that bank and then moved over to Blackstone.

Next five graduated from Ivy schools but did a study abroad semester at Bocconi. After that, I just stopped clicking.

I doubt anyone cared about where they did a semester abroad in the hiring process.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, it’s on our list. We are down to Pitt, Bocconi, and Ole Miss.

This is nuts. Kids that go to Pitt/Ole Miss are not the type that would do well at Bocconi. Bocconi is a small, highly theoretical school filled with kids who went to scientifico high school in Italy. These high schools are five years and hard to get into. The kids who go are brilliant.

What does this mean? My daughter studied at Bocconi for a semester via U of South Carolina and loved it. She did very well.

There were several other UofSC students in the program with her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I learned something today, as I am in finance (I was an econ major at a T10 uni, and spent early years at GS) and have never heard of it. Not saying it is not well regarded, but in my 30 years in the field in NY and DC, I doubt I’ve met a grad.

But starting from the assumptions that it is an excellent econ program and that your son intends to base his career in the US, I mention 3 things for consideration.

- much US based company internship interviewing occurs on campus soph and junior years, your son will not be as positioned for those internships

- there is value to peer connections made while in college if intending to work in a field like finance, and your son would lack much of that network

- I’d look into if his class choices will be limited, since he could only take those taught in English. (tangentially, I would question the quality if professorship at a university that primarily teaches classes in a language not its home language)

Clearly, as you stated, you were a low level employee at GS….At my PE shop in the NYC (you know who we are), I have 14 Bocconi grads working there. 8 straight from undergrad and 6 from their Master programs.
A quick glance on LinkedIn, shows 26 Bocconi grads at GS in NYC including 6 MDs….and several VPs…

Stop spreading misinformation if you admittedly know NOTHING about Bocconi. His class choices are not limited. ALL THE CLASSES at these international programs are taught in English. Bocconi is an European university that teaches mainly in English. Your questioning of the professorship at Bocconi is laughable if not ridiculous. Typical american exceptionalism with limited knowledge of the world beyond your field of vision….

Triggered!

IKR. Some threads really surprise me. This is one. Full of humor, gravitas and bavette.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I learned something today, as I am in finance (I was an econ major at a T10 uni, and spent early years at GS) and have never heard of it. Not saying it is not well regarded, but in my 30 years in the field in NY and DC, I doubt I’ve met a grad.

But starting from the assumptions that it is an excellent econ program and that your son intends to base his career in the US, I mention 3 things for consideration.

- much US based company internship interviewing occurs on campus soph and junior years, your son will not be as positioned for those internships

- there is value to peer connections made while in college if intending to work in a field like finance, and your son would lack much of that network

- I’d look into if his class choices will be limited, since he could only take those taught in English. (tangentially, I would question the quality if professorship at a university that primarily teaches classes in a language not its home language)

Clearly, as you stated, you were a low level employee at GS….At my PE shop in the NYC (you know who we are), I have 14 Bocconi grads working there. 8 straight from undergrad and 6 from their Master programs.
A quick glance on LinkedIn, shows 26 Bocconi grads at GS in NYC including 6 MDs….and several VPs…

Stop spreading misinformation if you admittedly know NOTHING about Bocconi. His class choices are not limited. ALL THE CLASSES at these international programs are taught in English. Bocconi is an European university that teaches mainly in English. Your questioning of the professorship at Bocconi is laughable if not ridiculous. Typical american exceptionalism with limited knowledge of the world beyond your field of vision….

Triggered!

By idiocy at least…