3.4 GPA, State School - Can anyone recommend boutique consulting firms?

I'm a current junior studying Industrial Engineering in the Honors Program at a state school, looking to pursue consulting. I have a cumulative GPA a bit below 3.4, and a major GPA of 3.6. My top choice for an internship would be Deloitte, but due to my schools non-target status, only about 5 interns are taken (according to the recruiters I got in contact with) - I suspect it might be tough for me. I was considering interning at a boutique firm this summer, and then trying for FT at a more "brand name" firm next year - can anyone suggest some places to check out? So far, I've applied to Charles River Associates, ZS, and Navigant.

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Hey there. Firstly consider that CRA and ZS aren't boutiques so it might be hard to apply to those from scratch but you never know. Some boutiques I can think of are:

Advancy Alpha FMC Argon Baringa Partners Blue Ridge Partners Bovill Brattle Group Candesic Carnall Farrar Catenion Consulting Chapuis Halder CIL Consulting ECSI Consulting Eden McCallum Egremont Group Elixirr Estin & Co Everest Group Galt & Co Goetz Partners Hampleton Integration Kaiser Associates Kurt Salmon Leigh Fisher Mansfield Advisors Mars & Co Moorhouse OC&C Oxera PPL SSA & Company Stella Capital Advisors Stern Stewart & Co Valeocon Tefen Vivaldi Group

I think most or all should have US offices so give those a go.

 

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