Strategy Help to get into S&O Consulting After Undergrad from Non-Target University

Hello everyone,

My name is Steven, and I am currently a 19 year old sophomore attending a fairly typical state university in Oregon. I am just looking for help and advice on how to break into the world of management consulting out of undergrad.

After participating in consulting style work (building and managing relationships with NGO/Nonprofit clients, developing a strategic and implementation plan to fix their business model or reach unmet needs in the community, crafting new, innovative and creative solutions to solve problems, working in teams to meet deadlines, etc) through a social entrepreneurship program on campus, I found that I absolutely love this line of work, and began my search about how to become a "Consultant".

After researching the world of consulting this is what I have found (please correct me if I am wrong):

--There are two overarching types of consulting: Strategy/Operations (AKA Management consulting but with Strategy being a little bit more prestigious/usually has a better reputation) and everything else (Tech, HR, etc)
--There are 3 tiers of Management Consulting Firms with MBB being at the top and Deloitte/PwC being in the middle
--S&O consulting is traditionally reserved for MBA graduates from top 20 university programs or from top 10 undergraduate programs.
--Within S&O consulting there are programs that focus on the Fortune 500 side, and the NGO/government side
--S&O consulting requires candidates to possess both extremely strong soft/people skills and quantitative skills
--Breaking into the industry while attending a Non-Target University requires networking your way in
--Average consultant resume usually includes a degree in a quant heavy field (Finance, Engineering, STEM, etc), is about a 3.8GPA (have read that S&O jobs want applicants to have a gmat score too, is this mandatory?)
--Entry level consultant position is called a business analyst
--Need my resume to land on the desk of a principal consultant/managing partner in order to have any chance at an interview

Knowing the above information, I am working on building my college career and networks in order to get the interview (getting the interview is the hardest part from what I have been told)

Here are some facts about me, and what I am doing/have done:

--Am on executive leadership for our school's social entrepreneurship program that is involved in planning and implementing three strategic, large scale, complex and in depth projects that will each last for over 3 years (I will be president next year)
--Part of only a few hundred participants selected from over over 20,000 applications to compete in the Hult Competition for a 1 million $ prize
--Part of 55 undergraduates selected from over 20,000 to serve on a student advisory panel for the Vice Provost that will help advise and implement the University's strategic plan
--Currently interning at our school's Accelerator as a business analyst (market research, data modeling, developing financial documents to help ventures with due diligence procedures with Angels and VCs, etc)
--Currently partnering with a professor to work on academic research on venture development programs (with the hopes that this paper will eventually get published in the Journal of Entrepreneurship)
--Am a Finance Major with a 3.8 GPA
--Lining up a finance internship at either Boeing or Lithia Motors for summer 2016 (both F500 companies)
--Work roughly 70 hrs/wk (I can handle consulting hours)
--1850 on the SAT (with no studying but math in the 55%)
--Selected into the United States Senate Page Fellowship while in High School (does this matter any more?)

Here are my goals: Land an entry level position in a management consulting firm that works with Government entities and NGO's (I prefer NGO/Government work but will also take a role working with corporate). I doubt that I have the raw talent to get into MBB but would like to get into either Deloitte S&O (Have heard that Monitor Deloitte is more prestigious, but have also heard that it really isn't any different than regular Deloitte/is just all mixed up in restructuring) or Strategy& with PwC. Then segway into a top 10 MBA program, and exit into an education related organization (Ultimately I want to help fix America's education system)

With that information, I am looking for education/skills gaps that I need to fill to be a competitive candidate and possess all of the skills (and then some) that I need to work at a consulting firm (yes, I know I am competing against kids from Stanford, Harvard, MIT, etc) and have a couple of questions:

--Should I take the GMAT before my senior year of college? If so, what score do I need to be competitive for tier two and top 10 mba (I read that I need a minimum 700 quant + reading, is this a correct estimate)

--What excel skills/data modeling techniques do I need to have, and what data bases do I need to have experience working with?

--What kind of internship should I be looking at for the summer between my junior and senior year? Banking in the bulge bracket? An analyst position at an F50 company? Boutique consulting work?

--How important are high profile fellowships vs. high profile non-banking corporate internships vs. Bulge Bracket Banking Internships (Udall, Rhodes, vs. F50 company vs. Bulge Bracket Banking)

--Specifics about Deloitte vs. PwC and which one is better for government/NGO consulting

--Does having experience doing nonprofit/NGO consulting matter?

--Tips and tricks for informational interviews/networking?

Anything else you might suggest would be wonderful. Thank you for your time.

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