Hello! I will be attending an unranked B-school in London this fall. I chose the school for a handful of reasons (family, time, program, budget) and even before I have determined that I want to become an MBB consultant post MBA.

I come from an EM country, 10 years in Financial Services from brand-name global firms. Undergrad - Foreign Service.

Realistically, what are my chances of getting into MBB as a consultant? Do I even have a shot at an associate consultant role?

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LBS is by far the top feeder in terms of UK business schools for BCG. Despite heavy oxbridge entry level (associate) hiring only a minority come from oxbridge MBAs

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That doesn’t come as a surprise, the Oxbridge MBA programme isn’t ranked highly vs LBS

I’d say unlikely to get into Top 5 strategy houses. You may have better luck with the boutiques and more so with Big4. Especially now with Covid, firms are being extra picky.

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Agree. My experience of B4 is relatively uni-blind. They care more for your experience and skills than where you went to school

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Realistically <1%.

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There’s probably still time to switch to a better school. Go top 10 or just don’t go

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If you must be UK then for MBAs it's LBS - airgap - Oxford / Cambridge - airgap - Warwick, Manchester, Imperial, Cass (or whatever it's changing to) etc. I've not heard of yours, and I looked around a lot before choosing mine. So manage your expectations accordingly.

Earlier I saw many posts that usually prefer Oxbridge and sometimes Imperial from the UK. From US M7. Though not sure as this is only what I‘ve read.

I know an Associate in my office who went to Hult

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Anecdotal evidence suggests it's extremely hard to get in MBB London office unless you have Oxbridge - not unrealistic, but really hard.

I studied at LBS MiM program (top MiM program in the UK and top 3 internationally) and we had 0 going to London office, while around ~30-40 people got MBB in other offices worldwide (out of ~200)

I also know an oxbridge engineering MBB hire

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