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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Clearly you have already convinced yourself Bocconi is for you. Stop asking people here and getting irate when we say we have not heard of it. I worked for two of the companies you listed as top recruiters, including as a managing director for one of the big consultancies in the US and in the UK. Never heard of Bocconi. Not to say it’s a bad school, but it is a more unusual path.

And we are not idiots for never having heard of it. Just like in Italy, they may never have heard of Bucknell or Kelley - both of which do well placing people in finance.[/quote]

Wrong. You are an idiot or live in an American bubble. I have worked for in NYC for 25 yrs, am American and never studied outside the us and yet, I have not only come across Boccconi grads, but given the world of Econ and Policy I work on, I obviously I have heard of Bocconi. If you haven’t , then there is something wrong with you. If you have never heard of Bocconi then what the hell are you doing on this thread ADDING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to the conversation other than you own limitations?[/quote]

Actually, I think the input is valuable. If you choose to attend, you will come across people in the US finance world who have never heard of it or don't consider it on the same level as the top US or UK schools. Clearly not this guy, who is a genius and knows everything, but this is not universal knowledge. [/quote]

This is very true.  I dare say many influential people involved in hiring will not have heard of this, or indeed of very many other, foreign schools.  There are a very few foreign universities, like Oxbridge and Sciences Po, which are almost universally known globally; this is not one of those.  Doesn't mean it doesn't provide a good education, but if you're pragmatic you need to [b]acknowledge reality.[/b]  [/quote]

The reality, though, is that after you land that first job, no one will care. So the real question is whether one can land a good job coming out of the school, not whether people you come across have heard of it once you’re an established professional.[/quote]

Yeah, it just depends on your goals. If you want IB in NYC, you better line yourself up for it meaning ivies, williams, duke, emory - even Pitt. Because if you miss the opportunity after undergrad you're not getting access until after an MBA. If you want McKinsey in Chicago, go to UChicago or Northwestern. Alternatively, if you don't care where you work or who you work for, or you're just happy working for McKinsey in an outpost in Dublin Ireland for example, or that you EVENTUALLY make it to NYC when you're 30,  have at it, go anywhere. [/quote]

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