The Lycée Sainte-Geneviève is a private lycée, located in Versailles and providing preparatory classes for grandes écoles. It was founded in Paris, April 1854. It is often nicknamed Ginette and sometimes BJ, standing for Boite à Jèzes - Box of Jesuits.
Sainte-Geneviève is famous for having the highest success rates at the entrance exams of the most selective French Grandes Écoles in the fields of engineering – École Polytechnique, Mines ParisTech, École des ponts ParisTech, École Centrale Paris – and business – HEC Paris, ESSEC Business School and ESCP Europe.
Ginette provides PC/PC*, MP/MP*, PT/PT*, PSI*, ECS and BCPST classes.
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