McKinsey Full-time First Round Rejection

Honestly you can analyse it all you want but in many cases these things have a large component of luck to them. Maybe you failed the online tests or maybe they just didn't like you. Don't worry about it. Again, these things are strange - the year I got a pre-interview rejection from McKinsey I got an interview with Centerview and a T2 firm which took me.

I'm not trying to be a dick, but you misspelled the word "Ivy" in your post. Perhaps you made a careless spelling or grammatical mistake while e-mailing a recruiter?

You said a "good" GPA... what is the number?

Can you explain what made your PE internship "extremely prestigious?"

Don't take it too personally! One of my friends got McKinsey, Bain and not BCG interviews; another got Bain but not McK and BCG. Also at an Ivy, 3.8 GPA and a PE junior internship--rejected from BCG and McKinsey so far, progressed to final round of Bain, have interviews with Tier 2 firms next week. I feel like a lot of comes down to luck and after a certain point, its almost arbitrary

Same happened here. I interned in Corp Strat in a very well known firm where my bosses were all former MBB. Alums. One of them specifically said he'd get me an interview at his MBB, but unfortunately his guy left the firm during the summer. As a result, I didn't get that MBB interview, but somehow got a different one where I'd only spoken with one person.

Consulting Interviews are harder to get than Banking ones, but following that the chances to get an offer are higher because the interview pool is smaller. Just focus on what you can - nail the interviews you get

Alot of details go into a first round interview invite. Tbh 3.7 is often not good enough at top targets now, especially if you're not an Engineering major. Impactful leadership is often more important than how many/what EC's you do. You may also need to polish your resume. Remember to quantify and show impact. If McKinsey junior people didn't like you, that will negatively impact your application.

I don't bring these up to put you down, I'm just raising the point that assuming your most basic stat-line will get you an interview is a pretty narrow mindset.

It's not over - polish your application, cast a wide net, and hopefully you'll catch something.

GPA probably held you back because a 3.7 just isn't that high anymore. It's the bar. As someone who went to an Ivy as well, FT recruiting typically involves a school team full of alums picking a set number of people for a set number of school spots. So if Harvard has ~10-12 spots, then they might pick 30 kids to interview. They take all the Harvard resumes and A/B them. If most people applying had better GPAs, you might've just gotten fucked there.

Might've also gotten cut if you came out there and gave off the impression that "I would definitely qualify for consulting first round interviews easily." Your tone is dripping with arrogance. That's a big ding every single time, especially at a place like McKinsey.