Consulting, a dream or a reality?
What MC firms are in reach for upcoming FT recruiting?
Non target undergrad junior, accounting/finance 3.8 major gpa, 3.5 cumulative.
Experience: upcoming big 4 risk advisory internship, marketing manager for local company, freelance marketing.
Extracurricular: started consulting club this year, led valuation/FDD engagement for $10m annual revenue retailer and marketing strategy for new restaurant.
Is there also anything I can do from now till summer to increase my profile?
3.5 may be low for MBBs, given that you're in a non-target. Big 4 or T2/3 would be possible depending on networking and case prep efforts
Unfortunately T2's are no more lenient on GPA, and probably harder to get non-target interviews from given smaller class sizes
MBB/T2 are probably out unfortunately
B4 can be tough because even though they take big class sizes and aren't as competitive, GPA still matters and they tend to be very regimented in their recruiting pipelines
If I were you, I would (1) see if there's any way you can get a good referral (i.e. from a senior person) at a B4 or other big firm, of course reach out to people yourself but also don't be afraid to ask any professors you're close to or anything like that, and (2) start networking with smaller/more boutique firms because they tend to have less strictly defined recruitment pathways, so a referral can go a long way
Appreciate the feedback, I'll definitely keep networking, gotten some luck at a big 4 with an alumni who will give me a reference. I'm trying to go right out of undergrad, but if I have to go into audit/deals/F500 corp fin first -> MBA -> consulting then I will. Just hoping I don't have to wait 4-7 years.
Are you a diversity candidate? If so, you can leverage that to make you profile stand out, I've seen sub 29 ACTs and 3.5 GPAs get in because of diversity recruiting.
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