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I'm in finance, not consulting, so take what I say with a grain of salt.
Personally, I think the SE Asia gig with BCG would provide you with a more interesting experience and story. There is significant growth in SE Asia, and for your MBA it could potentially be a differentiator (you may have more interesting stories to tell, that is...) You could also potentially establish relationships earlier on in your career that you may otherwise not have opportunities to build in established markets in Europe. However, business is done differently in Asia (sometimes in developing Asia, management teams are less sophisticated - which could be good [where you could do more for them] or bad [they could ask for a lot of random work or analysis which may not be necessary or inefficient]).
For Monitor - I think you can make the case that because it's Europe (and I'm guessing there's more dealings with Western than Eastern), your experience may be more standard, and you could argue that you've learned the 'best practices' done in North America/Europe. If your long-term goal is the more developed world, this could be a more favorable choice.
As for the other questions... - I think people generally only ask for different office locations after they've put in some time at their first location. Also, it would be an entirely different team of people interviewing you at say BCG Europe than a BCG Asia group. It would make the group you interviewed with second guess their decision to make you an offer
Why would you have ANY leverage in negotiating your salary or bonus as an entry level employeee who hasn't worked a day for them? There are dozens of people just as smart and qualified willing to take your spot.
i'd take it lol
I would highly recommend that you reconisder your "leaning" and would recommend BCG SE Asia for the following reasons:
1) Asia is one of BCG's priority markets and has had amazing growth (except for Japan for obvious reasons) and is projected to continue to do so. 2) BCG brand, network and breadth of project experience on avg. will leave you in an advantaged position via. Monitor. 3) If you want to return home then getting your feet wet in your home market with BCG is a great way, you can then leverage your BCG experience for international experience possibly within BCG (i.e. ambassador program or temporary transfer - happens all the time) or by working for another firm and then coming back.
Europe is in poor economic straits and it will likely get worse before it gets better. Ride out the storm back home and then go back out it need be - the gass is not greener on the othe side (at least not as often as it used to be).
Congratulations and take time to celebrate!
Thank you so much for all the responses! I'll definitely consider all the points made here.
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