Which school should I choose if I want to work at McKinsey?
As of now, I've received offers from Carleton College, Northeastern, Grinnell College, and Rice. Apart from that, I was also accepted to Imperial College London (ranked #8 in the world), UCL and King's. Waiting on Ivies.
I'm a Computer Science major and am wondering which school I should go to if I want to get into the consulting industry. I should mention that I have a familial connection at McKinsey: my father holds a relatively senior position at the firm and was able to get me a summer internship last year.
I'm originally from the UK but want to study and work at McKinsey in the US. I'm unsure if my father can refer me if I want to work in a different country altogether.
P.S. In case you are wondering, I chose CS as my major since I only recently got interested in consulting.
An Ivy or Imperial. The other U.S. schools are a slim to none shot for McKinsey, not to mention other top shops (Bain, BCG, tier 2 firms).
Of the universities that you got into, Rice is definitely your best option. Big 3 definitely recruit at Rice. I don't think the other schools would be a very good option. If you want to end up staying in the UK, then Imperial College is your best shot. If not, Rice or an Ivy. Rice has plenty of consulting recruiting. Additionally, major won't matter that much as long as you learn to case. I don't really know if your dad's connection would help THAT much given that he probably doesn't know many partners in the the US practices.
Rice. I live in Houston now and can attest to that it's a major feeder to the Houston and Dallas offices.
Imperial is not ranked 8th in the world, at least not in any meaningful ranking.
For UK MBB - Imperial>UCL>>>>>>>>Kings. You won't be able to recruit elsewhere than Europe (if speaking relevant languages) from UK unis
Girls are hotter in the US too
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Did you not get a full-time offer from your summer internship at McK?
If you did, talk to your PD and go for one of the US schools to show commitment.
If not, it will be very hard or impossible to get another shot in the short-term.
I wonder what happened where the structure and hierarchy of society is completely missed on people. Like, you can read books centered around 19th century culture or earlier, and people knew they couldn't just go to a party at the palace.
But they knew what would jump you socially if it were to happen, and who were the social rankings. I'm ranting, but this is a stupid post.
McKinsey and BCG definitely recruit from small liberal arts schools, but I'm sure this varies from office to office. At McK and BCG Minneapolis I know multiple people from St. Olaf (the other Northfield, MN school), and Carleton, most of whom are coming straight out of undergrad (and then of course you have people who went to these places for undergrad and then went to Bschool or PhD). You definitely have to work at it, but they definitely interview and hire people (both interns and full time). Not sure about how it applies outside the Minneapolis offices, but there definitely is a pathway.
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