MCK Alum Reached out to me?? HELP.

A couple of weeks ago, I applied to McKinsey because why not. When they sent over the Solve, I did it late because I was out and forgot, and probably did mediocre at best. Honestly, not quite sure I did it. 

Today I received an email from my school's alum asking to set up a 20 minute chat with me. He said he's on [my school's] McKinsey recruiting team and they're starting the BA interview process. 

Is this like a formal first round, perhaps a screening call? Do I need to start casing now or..?

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