Monitor Consulting

Hey everyone, first time poster.

I'm a senior interested in going into consulting, specifically Monitor Group. I had interned for a global strategy consulting firm previously for two semesters--what would the GPA requirement be? The website does not list anything specific for a cutoff. Also, I'm a double major (one quant one qual) and a minor (quant) if that helps.

On the website I saw that they only recruit from: Harvard, Georgetown, Stanford and Northwestern. Would I have a better shot if I happened to attend one of these schools (um..I'll let you guess which one haha).

Cheers

 

I know people in one of their offices in Asia and they seem to like it, though they work some serious hours... as for GPA cutoff- I don't know for sure but I can tell you one of my friends from school (lower tier ivy league) is there and had a 3.4 or so, so it's not absurdly high... he's got a lot of language skills though i guess

 

The reason I'm asking is because I only have a 2.8GPA and a 3.1GPA in my majors, but I am a URM. I have a lot of experience with one of their major fields of business and plan to apply through campus recruiting. Is it worth a shot?

 
chicagostyle:
The reason I'm asking is because I only have a 2.8GPA and a 3.1GPA in my majors, but I am a URM. I have a lot of experience with one of their major fields of business and plan to apply through campus recruiting. Is it worth a shot?

While I understand that it may have in fact come from an illness, the URM status isn't THAT much of a crutch for the gpa bro. I would say apply anyway, you don't have anything to lose, but you need to make sure that EVERYTHING else on your resume can outweigh that. Athletics, work experience, everything. You should reach out to the firm's recruiters as well and network your ass off.

Contact folks from Northwestern who work there now and try and get that cosign. It's an uphill battle, but it is doable. Best of luck.

 
chicagostyle:
Not making an excuse, but my GPA was low due to an illness and frequent periods of hospitalization over my sophomore and part of my junior year.

Make sure to mention that somehow in your cover letter.

"'In summary, people are morons and who cares. Make a shit ton of money. I've never seen a Ferrari paid for by what people think.' - ANT" -rufiolove
 

With a 3.3 GPA and non-target:

Your best option is to cast a very wide net. Both with your networks (alumni, former places of work, friends and family, etc) and Google Search for regional boutiques and consulting firms that would have a specialization in your area of interest (eg, technology, retail, etc).

In addition, grad school can often be a "reset" button (if you go to a target school for a masters, an MBA, etc).

Hope that helps.

Kevin www.managementconsulted.com

 
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In terms of B-School, Monitor places very well. Monitor is extremely well known and respected among MBA programs specifically as a result of its academic roots. Monitor places well among the top schools (ie. Harvard, Stanford, Columbia, Kellogg etc). Obviously there will be more MBB students in these programs because they are larger firms (McK has 7,500 consultants vs. Monitor 1,500), but Monitor will be taken as comparable to MBB. At the end of the day though, consultants take up about 20-25% of many of the top school's entering classes. It's what you do at the firm that matters.

As for placement, I'm not sure exactly how it compares. I'm sure that Bain would argue that it is tops. I know people that have made the jump and been very successful, also Monitor does have it's own PE arm.

We do a good amount of M&A Go/No Go due dill, so you will have the exposure and build the skills that PE firms look for from consultants.

 

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