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I'm a junior at Cornell trying to intern at a top mgmt consulting firm. My resume is semi-anonymized, but you could find me pretty easily if you really wanted to, but I don't really care.

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Do I have a shot at interviews with MBB? Is my honors and awards section effective at conveying my case experience? My GPA will probably be above a 3.75 after this semester if that matters.

Thanks!

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Assuming ILR stands for Industrial and Labor Relations this is a bit redundant, as is Dean's List especially if you apply with a 3.75 GPA.

Consider cutting SAT.

Cut CPEP. You haven't done it yet and the PREP subsection is much stronger.

Consider flipping first and second bullets on F500 experience. I know you want to brag but it's more logical to have the first bullet of each experience be a summary of what the position is.

A few of these experiences mix past and present tense, which makes sense as many of them are ongoing, but it still reads a bit odd. I might use chronological order within these subsections.

Not sure non-greeks know what IFC is. Try and get more results in to this section. Did membership increase during your tenure? Average GPA of membership? Total volunteer/community service hours? The debt reduction is good but I'd like something more.

"Prisoners’ Legal Services of NY, Data Analysis Intern" - I would think this warrants being pulled out into experiences section. It may actually be the experience most similar to what you would do as an MBB analyst.

Cut parenthesis after Excel. It actually makes you sound like a beginner IMO in that these are basic features. Just say Proficient, Advanced, Expert, etc. Change "Limited working proficiency", to "Proficient" or "Basic".

Careful on the language, they may very well conduct a round of behaviorals in French. If you are actually conversational great, but don't exaggerate here. This is one of very few skills on your resume that they can easily falsify, and if they do it will cast doubt on the rest of the entire resume.

Change interests to more specific experiences if possible. A powerlifting competition, selling computers you built for friends, guitar lessons (even if you just took them), swing dance club, etc. What you have is a lot better than "Current Events" though.

Great resume, I think you are a lock for a first round, after which the resume won't matter much. Focus on interview prep.

 

Agree with the poster above. I would remove the computer section entirely - if they are valuable, you need to show your computer skills through your experience bullets, not as a specific point in my opinion. Consider merging the activities section with the last section, especially if you create a work experience for data analysis intern.

That being said, focus on networking with the recruiting teams and practicing your case interview skills - you should be in fine position for getting interviews. If you want to be confident that your case skills are sufficient, I would aim for ~50 live case interviews.

 

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