Best Major(s) for MBB Consulting?
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on 11/25/12 at 3:43am






all about GPA
all about GPA
Definitely wouldn't recommend
Definitely wouldn't recommend business. Best are hard sciences or other analytical stuff.
Becoming a Rhodes Scholar,
Becoming a Rhodes Scholar, and your chance of getting into BCG or McKinsey suddently increases from 1 out of 5000 to 1 out of 5. Met so many Rhodes Scholars who are in BCG or McKinsey.
Engineering or science like
Engineering or science like maths, physics,... are sought after due to their analytical skills, but in general, it doesn't really matter.
If you're talking about
If you're talking about undergrad majors... the last case team I was on, the associates had degrees in industrial engineering, business, and English.
Generally speaking, your best bet is an engineering degree, but a liberal arts degree is not at all disqualifying if you're otherwise a great candidate.
BCGDreamer: Becoming a Rhodes
Becoming a Rhodes Scholar, and your chance of getting into BCG or McKinsey suddently increases from 1 out of 5000 to 1 out of 5. Met so many Rhodes Scholars who are in BCG or McKinsey.
Have you really met many Rhodes scholars who tried and then didn't get a position at least one of BBM? I'd say a Rhodes Scholar odds are about 1 out of 1.05.
In the event that you don't
In the event that you don't happen to become a Rhodes Scholar ... ? ... your hard sciences and other heavy analytical majors will bode well. But like the first comment states, it's all about the GPA. Whatever you choose, make sure you're as close to Summa as possible.
Going to chime in and pose a
Going to chime in and pose a Q, why do you think business majors aren't as marketable (this being taken at face value, no one major can seal one's fate as different candidates are different) ? I have met more soft science majors than business. Thoughts?
JackDevlin: Going to chime in
Going to chime in and pose a Q, why do you think business majors aren't as marketable (this being taken at face value, no one major can seal one's fate as different candidates are different) ? I have met more soft science majors than business. Thoughts?
Business doesn't teach you how to think, its also an incredibly easy major
"The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets."
-John D. Rockefeller
Echoing what everyone else
Echoing what everyone else said, just do whatever will get you the best GPA. Everything else is kind of secondary.
Just found out an interesting
Just found out an interesting fact: the current managing director (CEO) of Mcknsey Dominic Barton and the current President/CEO of BCG Hans-Paul Bürkner are both Rhodes Scholars.
JackDevlin: Going to chime in
Going to chime in and pose a Q, why do you think business majors aren't as marketable (this being taken at face value, no one major can seal one's fate as different candidates are different) ? I have met more soft science majors than business. Thoughts?
how many top schools offer business majors?
F. Ro Jo: JackDevlin: Going
Going to chime in and pose a Q, why do you think business majors aren't as marketable (this being taken at face value, no one major can seal one's fate as different candidates are different) ? I have met more soft science majors than business. Thoughts?
how many top schools offer business majors?
MIT, UPenn Wharton, and UT Austin?
BCGDreamer: F. Ro
Going to chime in and pose a Q, why do you think business majors aren't as marketable (this being taken at face value, no one major can seal one's fate as different candidates are different) ? I have met more soft science majors than business. Thoughts?
how many top schools offer business majors?
MIT, UPenn Wharton, and UT Austin?
Exactly.
You're basically clutching at straws once you get past MIT and Penn.... maybe Michigan, Georgetown, UVA, Cal, NYU.
Economics isn't a bad major
Economics isn't a bad major either.....shows you can do the quant and is in a relatively related field. In addition, an understanding of economics (I found anyway) really helps with the case interviews.
I think consulting is the
The business of business is business.
timlambcurry: BCGDreamer: B
I stand corrected. Perhaps
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