Target school
Target school or target university is a term used in banking and finance, consulting, and law firms that refers to a university from which those firms and institutions actively recruit new talent. These universities are often prestigious and send significant numbers of their graduates into those firms each year and have broad alumni networks in the industry. A school is also often considered a target when a large number of City or Wall Street firms conduct an on-campus recruiting ("OCR"). A school's status as a target may vary slightly from industry to industry, firm to firm, and region to region, but in general is divided into target, semi-target, and non-target schools.