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Monitor Group

by sleepymonkey (Baboon, 101 Banana Points Points) on 8/27/08 at 7:35pm

Just wondering how good Monitor is in general compared to MBB in terms of:

1) B-School Placement
2) Placement to PE

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In terms of B-School,

by consult86 (Chimp, 5 Banana Points Points) on 8/29/08 at 6:16pm

In terms of B-School, Monitor places very well. Monitor is extremely well known and respected among MBA programs specifically as a result of its academic roots. Monitor places well among the top schools (ie. Harvard, Stanford, Columbia, Kellogg etc). Obviously there will be more MBB students in these programs because they are larger firms (McK has 7,500 consultants vs. Monitor 1,500), but Monitor will be taken as comparable to MBB. At the end of the day though, consultants take up about 20-25% of many of the top school's entering classes. It's what you do at the firm that matters.

As for placement, I'm not sure exactly how it compares. I'm sure that Bain would argue that it is tops. I know people that have made the jump and been very successful, also Monitor does have it's own PE arm.

We do a good amount of M&A Go/No Go due dill, so you will have the exposure and build the skills that PE firms look for from consultants.