Break into management consulting without much experience

Hi guys,

I am graduating from Rutgers, New Brunswick in October 2016. In addition, I am a chemistry major with a 3.8 GPA. During my undergraduate years, I was a teaching instructor as well as a teaching assistant for several chemistry classes. Initially, I was pursuing a path towards academia, but after considering the ROI for getting a pHD in specifically organic chemistry, I decided to shift my career. Currently, I am attempting to break into management consulting/ strategic consulting at a Big 4. Recently, I have landed a non-paid consulting internship with a no name start up in its very early stages (less than a year). My boss is a former Deloitte consulting manager who has been consulting for over 10 years in the industry, and has huge faith in the start up as we have been generating revenue. For the last two months, he has been training me as any other Deloitte consulting intern/analyst. I have learned how to create decks, SOWs, client experience, etc. as well as other skills in marketing and finance as we are a very small team. I know that I am off cycle for applying to one of the Big 4. I was wondering if people could give me some feedback as what should I do next? Should I continue interning at this area or should I find work elsewhere? Are there any other methods of getting into Big 4 much sooner... maybe as a experienced consultant, anything? Should I make myself more marketable by taking CFA part 1, some sort of masters, etc? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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