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well, bust your ass and improve your GPA... honestly, if you cant take on courses at school and nail them, then you are not a good fit for consulting... concerning the university, I am not sure, I know that HKUST has quite a renome, but I have never heard about UHK... do you have any comparison with HKUST?
OP, what else are you doing? What else have you done? What are your accomplishments?
At the undergrad level, consulting firms are not looking for any real past experience, though it can't hurt. What they are really looking for is a consistent and demonstrated pattern of success and achievement. One of the metrics they use to measure that is GPA, because as an undergrad, you have very little other metrics to demonstrate your worth. If your GPA is subpar, then you will need your other metrics, i.e. sports, extracurriculars, work experience to fill that gap.
If you have none of those metrics and your GPA is subpar, you don't really have a shot. If you do, emphasize those or work on your GPA.
Ask yourself this; if YOU had two applications:
Who would you give your one interview spot to?
HKU is a target if you want to stay in Hong Kong and maybe less so at other Chinese offices (mostly PKU, Tsinghua, and Fudan). You do need to bring up your GPA though as I imagine the GPA bar will be quite stiff if you are coming from a HK or Chinese university. But if you have connections then it's a completely different story.
This information probably comes too late for you but here's what I got.
I sadly don't have much HKU info for you but I do have some intel about HKUST if you're interested.
The ones who got into HK Management Consultant firms all seem to have very high GPA scores with at least 1st class honors. In fact 2-3 of them are confirmed to be have a GPA score of 3.9+ for the Academic Achievement Medal (less than 1% can achieve this score). In addition many of them were in strong programs like Global Business. Having a mainland China background helps a lot since many projects are concerning mainland China.
I understand this is probably not what you want to hear but I'm just throwing out information of what I have. It's better to have more information on the battlefield.
That said you are in BBA/LAW at HKU. It's definitely one of the star programs. Graduates from that program have entered BB IBD programs and MBB Consulting firms so not all hope is lost. But its definitely an uphill battle. Try to improve your GPA, Chinese language skills and get relevant job experience. Case competitions would help since its problem solving.
There's also the option of doing all 5+ years and get your LLB then do PCLL to become a lawyer. There's much less people competing with you. But I don't know your background enough to know if you can stand the extra study plus payment for it. It's just another option.
Hey this isn't late at all!
Thanks a lot. I can probably improve my GPA to 3.6 (1st class honors) by junior year...so I am hoping I will have a shot.
I understand GBUS puts a lot more people into consulting than HKU in general though; not exactly sure why. I think cases are drilled into GBUS guys since day 1.
You are correct for HKUST at least. They have their own classes which require them to solve cases. That's why they are selected for case competitions and consulting interviews.
But if you were to kick ass in a case competition yourself (an international one where you are up against schools with good brand names), then you would have a proven edge over them.
That's probably not the only factor though. Probably too many to list. I'm sure some more experienced guy can share their view.
Though still IMO, I would strive to law if I were in your position simply because of your English proficiency. Given your background, I assume you have a very high level of proficiency so law seems to be an area where you can really utilize your strength well.
It's all up to you.
I'm an undergrad from a target school in the states, but am from Hong Kong (went to a good international school). I'm not sure this site will give you the best info on these kinds of opportunities, you will probably need to check with graduate reports/seniors at HKU. Also, don't think that your GPA expectations match with expectations stateside. HKU is still quite a British university and it's different.
BBA/Law is probably the best program to do in HK, Global Business at HKUST is strong as well. You should definitely try to network, find out from career services (or the equivalent) if there any alums that could help you etc, HKU grads are very proud, and don't like the fact that US/UK and even guanxi hires are being placed over them (esp. the guanxi ones, I think they're used to top US and maybe Oxbridge competing them out).
I would really consider Law in HK, it's probably the most interesting place to do it and it pays very well (if you get into a good firm), it is a professional degree that has a lot more stability than banking. The industry is also really important in HK for political reasons, I think your ability to do a lateral transfer is relatively high, but you should really find out from HKU alums.
There are other industries I think where HKU alums do especially well, you need to find out what/where because there are some things that local grads are really efficient at.
Also consulting is small in Hong Kong, it's not what Hong Kong is good at (trade and finance). That being said, MBB do have a considerable presence in HK, and you can definitely make a career in it - but it makes less sense doing it if you could doing something in Finance (whether or not that's IBD, not sure)
Did you speak Mandarin at all before you went over? Just curious.
No, not a lick. I refused to speak/learn it as a child. But because I heard it sometimes from my mom and grandparents, I understand a lot of phrases, so I guess I didn't start with nothing.
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