Accenture Strategy - Seattle Internship

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I'm interested in hearing your thoughts on my strategy to break into Accenture's Strategy group in the Seattle office for a summer 2015 internship resulting in a full-time offer starting January, 2017. I'm also applying to Deloitte, McKinsey, and BCG in Seattle (Location is very important to me). I would appreciate any advice and knowledge that may be helpful (other firms or industries, even MM IB, that would help land a long-term position in PE/Corp Dev in Seattle).

Background:
3.83 GPA with plans to graduate December, 2016 from a non-target school as a BA of finance with a minor in CS. I've worked at a large, unaffiliated, student-run VC for 14 months and have worked on five successful deals, and countless ones that didn't go through. Also, worked with many portfolio companies on value-add projects ranging from modeling acquisition targets to analyzing customer demographics. I believe I am well qualified. My concern is that I will not get a first round interview at any of my top choices due to the fact that I go to a non-target school.

What I've done:
- Met with Senior Analyst in Strategy at Accenture for informational interview. Things went very well. Allowed me to use his name as a reference in the Accenture application. Had a few follow up conversations that went very well, too.
- Set up a Skype meeting with the Accenture Seattle MD. Would appreciate any advice on how I should conduct this call. I already know about their culture, groups, work life balance, compensation, project types, etc. I want to be genuine with this call and not ask repeat questions.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

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