Columbia Business School good for consulting?

1) No idea 2) No. I had low UG GPA and similar GMAT and did fine in consulting recruiting

Tons and tons of CBS MBAs go to MBB.

Rising 2nd year at CBS and there are loads of students going into consulting.

Don't quote me on this but I think their biggest employer last year was McKinsey

Heard at Wharton consulting recruiting was more competitive than banking. Basically everyone wants to do consulting out of business school now. Might be the same at Columbia, who knows.

Interesting. So especially if its become pretty competitive, how much will a low UG GPA hold me back?

From what I have seen, firms look at GMAT, But not undergrad GPA. They may look at your MBA grades though.

before jumping into the conclusion that x,y,z, mba program places a 'ton' of its grads into MBB consulting:

1) lots of students at MBA business schools">M7 MBA were MBB analysts who are sponsored by MBB to attend MBA, meaning they have an offer waiting come MBA graduation -> this inflates MBB placement stats for MBA

2) lots of students at MBA business schools">M7 MBA land at MBB shops overseas, such as Asia. these are mostly international students who couldn't crack an offer in the U.S. and going back to their home countries. -> this also inflates the 'true' MBB placement stats for MBA

Edit: my friend at Columbia MBA told me about the two above rather important considerations. His claim that MBA business schools">M7 MBA career 'stats' are vastly flawed and hence shouldn't be taken at face value.

How did you determine a school is your #1 choice if you're not sure if it will put you at a disadvantage for your target industry?

Anyway, you'll be fine if you go to CBS. Plenty of MBB recruiting, as well as 2nd tier and smaller shops.

I think what we really need to know is what other schools you are applying to. Will you be at a disadvantage vs GSB/HBS? ..probably but that is irrelevant if you didn't apply there.

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33 new hires for McK includes both international and domestic offers. I've heard this numerous times from my MBA buddy at Columbia that many Asian or European students at MBA fail to land a gig in the U.S. and head back to their home countries and get MBB offers in their country. These numbers are definitely included in that 33 new hire figure for McK, so tread carefully. (I've heard that a bunch of Asian students end up with MBB in Shanghai, Seoul, Tokyo, type of MBB offices)

Unless you speak the native language in those Asian countries AND want to live in those countries, you should discount these MBB offers off the 33 new hire figure. At any rate, who would want to work at MBB Asia over MBB U.S.? (I've heard MBB Asian offices pay lower than U.S. offices and hours are 30-40% worse than U.S. -> it's crap)

FWIW, it's a lot harder to get MBB in U.S. compared to Europe or Asia. I've heard that getting MBB in Europe is equivalent to getting ACN or Deloitte U.S. in terms of sheer competition and difficulty, but I could be wrong here.

its ok