Capital One Business Analyst vs. Accenture Analyst for future application to M7

I am a undergraduate chemical engineering student at a southern target school with a 3.5 gpa. I have offers from both Capital One and Accenture for their respective analyst positions. I worked at Capital One as an intern this past summer and really enjoyed my experience. I was wondering which would would put me at a better trajectory for getting into a M7 business school and potentially MBB in the future?

 

http://capitalonestrategy.com/about

Read the bios of these guys - WAY better pedigree than any team at Accenture. Also, if your goal is b-school, if you go to Accenture you'll be competing against a ton of your peers; Cap One strategy is a far more unique position and Ad Coms will love that. That said, if you go to Cap One you're going to only work in FS (obviously); at Accenture you would have the opportunity to work in multiple industries so that may play a factor for you.

I'd do Cap One.

 

One of the main things I was considering is the hours and ability to stand out in either position. I believe both favor Cap One even though I may not get the breath of experience working with multiple industries. Do you think when applying for an MBA at a MBA business schools ">M7 school Cap One job experience would be valued? Especially considering my lower than average gpa.

 

Based on the website posted, if you can get a position on the strategy team, it looks like a way better shot for b-school. Idk what rankings they judge by but it says 90% of people from the group go to a top 5 business school. So you should be a lock for MBA business schools ">M7...

 
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In short, yes, your Cap One job experience will be valued - a lot. You will also be able to stand out by nature of the position; it's a small, high-impact group and not many people right out of undergrad get the opportunity to work directly with the C-Suite of their company.

3.5 GPA is fine to get into pretty much any b-school, especially since it's in engineering. 3.5 UG GPA + engineering degree + Cap One Strategy + demonstrated success in the position + good recs (which come with demonstrated success) + solid GMAT = pretty much any b-school you want.

EDIT: Additional commentary added

In terms of standing out, I also think you'll have a better opportunity to stand-out at Cap One. If you join Accenture Strategy, you're joining a group of hundreds (if not thousands) in the practice. At Cap One you're joining a group of like 25 people but with the advantage of a strong brand name behind it. You'll work exclusively on high-impact projects at Cap One; at ACN strategy you could get staffed on shit projects that you won't be able to market effectively.

As you can tell, I heavily suggest Cap One with the caveat that if you want exposure to multiple industries (which is an advantage right out of undergrad) you can get that at ACN; at Cap One you will only work in FS.

 

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