CHEAT SHEET · BOCCONIPREP.LT
First steps to Bocconi
A cheat sheet for the student who's actually thinking about it.
WHAT IT IS
Private university in Milan, founded 1902. Top 5 in Europe for economics, management, finance. ~14,000 students, ~25% international. 5 English-taught bachelor programmes. Admissions criteria are identical for everyone. Lithuanians get neither extra credit nor extra friction.
WHICH PROGRAMME
BIEF · Economics and Finance. IEM · International Economics and Management (most popular). BIEMF · International Economics, Management and Finance (elite, ~50 seats). BIG · International Politics and Government. CLEAM · management, taught in Italian. Academically, IEM and BIEMF are nearly identical. Competitively, the gap is huge. Pick deliberately.
WHAT YOU NEED
IB grades: 38+ for competitive programmes (BIEMF wants 40+). Bocconi Test: the main filter. Motivation letter: ~500 words, English. English proof: IB English literature is enough, TOEFL not required.
BOCCONI TEST
50 questions, 75 minutes. Three sections: maths, logic, English. Wrong answers cost you: -0.25. Three sittings per year: September, November, February. First sitting is best, more open seats and less prepared competition. Prep takes at least 3 months. Six is ideal. Real practice only comes from past test papers.
MOTIVATION LETTER
Not a CV. Not a life story. An answer to two questions: why Bocconi, why this programme. Bocconi doesn't care about your character. They care about your logic. 500 words is enough. Two rounds of edits is enough. Three is rewriting, not improving.
WHAT IT COSTS
Tuition: ~€16,000 / year (full price). Scholarship: 50–100% off based on household income. Dorm: €600–900 / month. Food and living: €400–600 / month. With an ISU scholarship and Lithuanian-budget habits, realistically €8,000–12,000 / year. More than VU. Less than LSE. Value, another league.
WHEN TO APPLY
First round: test in September. Second: November. Third: February. The first round matters more than you think. Seats drop fast for each later round. BIEMF often fills after the first.
WHAT NOT TO DO
Don't apply to IEM if you want BIEMF. Different competitive pool. Don't start test prep a month out. You need three. Don't tell your life story in the motivation letter. Don't apply to just one programme. Always 3–5. Don't fall for the "we'll see next year" thinking. Next year you're a year older with the same gap.
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