chiraggrad wrote:
Thanks Paul,
I would like to mention that presently i am involved with two local organizations, helping the underpriviledged
1. Dasa Shreemani Nath : I hold regular SAT preparation classes and also help students applying for engineering programs to USA, since I have been a student there.
2. Divine Life Soceity : I have been helping them organze YOGA and meditation camps, was also involved during releif work for the recent Mumbai Monsoon floods. Also was responsible to arrange a blood collection and free POLIO clinics in the underpriviledged and poorer suburbs of Mumbai
Do you think with these activites I might have a better chance at
Kellogg and TUCK.
Also could you comment what are your views for Columbia as a general management school ( focus ---> Consulting ) compared to TUCK and MIT
Thanks and Best regards,
Chirag
Chirag,
Yes, those activities help you for Kellogg and Tuck. On the other hand, they appear to be kinds of community activities that these schools see a fair amount of -- impressive but not "breakout" or exceptional community involvements.
As for general management --> consuting, in terms of graduating MBAs who go into consulting, Tuck wins with 32%, followed by MIT at 25 or 28% (depending on your source), and Columbia at 21 or 23%. In terms of number of graduates snatched up by top-name consultancies, MIT wins (McKinsey: 24, Bain: 9, BCG: 9) followed by CBS (McKinsey: 29) and Tuck (BSG: 10, McKinsey: 10, Bain: 6). As one further complicating variable, it's arguable that Columbia's consulting grads have higher average salaries than the other two schools.
So, bottom line, Columbia is thoroughly competitive with MIT and Tuck as a consulting feeder school.
Good luck,
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