Most "Frat" Friendly StratConsult

Ok, this pretty dumb/meathead I'll admit, but I want to start thinking a little about what job/pre-MBA/post banking job I want to shoot/position for. I know this is blasphemy, but I really like the "idea" of strategy consulting. I feel like I could put the finer points of my engineering background to use at a good tech focused firm. So to the punch line; what firms are the most frat friendly/least granola. I don't really care for MBB, I was looking into LEK, Boston Consulting, possibly the Monitor Group (they place pretty well in HBS I've been told). My ultimate goal is VC/growth equity if that helps. Thanks,

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  • Boston Consulting is a member of MBB
  • If you really want a fratty, hard partying culture then Bain & Co. is what you're looking for. Their culture is famous/notorious.
  • If you want to work in VC/Growth equity then you can't do better than MBB (by far) ... so I don't understand why you would turn your nose up at them...
  • LEK and OC&C are decent options because they do a lot of PE work
  • Also consider Oliver Wyman, Monitor Group, and Booz & Co.
 
spinner- Boston Consulting is a member of MBB - If you really want a fratty, hard partying culture then Bain & Co. is what you're looking for. Their culture is famous/notorious. - If you want to work in VC/Growth equity then you can't do better than MBB (by far) ... so I don't understand why you would turn your nose up at them... - LEK and OC&C are decent options because they do a lot of PE work - Also consider Oliver Wyman, Monitor Group, and Booz & Co.

Sweet spinner, exactly what I was looking for. I wasn't turning up my nose, I thought thought some other firms were a little more accessible/less competitive. I always assumed MBB was McKinsey, Bain & Booz?

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So Bain's culture is pretty decent I take it? Sorry for the dense questions, never done a lot of researching on consulting. How are they for industry consulting (ie tech)?

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If you want "frat" don't go for Booz, the culture there is much more on the uptight side with a stronger separation between "work" and "play" than you might get elsewhere.

 

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