Hey guys! I'm somewhat new to the site, so let me know if this post in contextually inappropriate or belongs on a different forum. And for full disclosure's sake, I admit that I'm reposting this from the jobs section (where someone pointed out I would be better suited for consulting than IB).
My problem: I'm a brand new graduate as of May, considered consulting several months ago but then dropped it and missed out on the bulk of on-campus recruiting. I'm now increasingly certain that was a massive mistake and can find nothing similar. I only interviewed at BCG, where I garnered a final round but no offer. This was in November of 2010. I'm now rudderless, and know not where to turn - and so I turn, perhaps in vain, to the denizens of this unlikely-themed website.
my stats/background: Ivy undergrad, 3.8 GPA, summa/magna cum laude (I was at the cut-off, I got magna, was .01 away from summa, gimme a break), majored in neuroscience, minored in english and philosophy, 1500+ on the SATs, and so forth. Various BS leadership shit, did research with profs, currently research assistant at Sloan/MIT for systems dynamics.
How do I spin this into a successful job application and potential offer for, say... 2 months from now? Ideally I'd like to work at a place like Bain, BCG, Deloitte, etc., but I would be willing to branch out into any lucrative/fast paced/prestigious area of business. Can a guy like me get a job at a bank? Besides for the science background, I have little in the way of quantitative education (although I am pretty darn good with math and numbers). Is there some way I can leverage the alumni connections? my alma mater's job site currently offers very little consulting related, it's almost exclusively banking, software/IT and then some odd jobs (Hillel organizer @ Brown? Am I qualified for that? I suppose I could front-load a menorah with some mary jane and play the acoustic guitar, or something).
I'm currently living at home and the parents may eventually reach the breaking point. What I'm doing besides RA at MIT: writing short stories and thinking up a novel.
Like I said, I need your help.
Apply for a Fulbright.
You can do whatever the fuck you want with that background. Just learn how to spin it. Hopefully someone can tell you how to do that, because I'm no good.
@Flake - this is what everyone's been telling me... but how to spin? and to whom? Can I just cold-email alumni at Bain with my resume and ask them what's up?
What have you got to lose?
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