neosumit wrote:
jordanhendrix wrote:
Hey All,
I am a first year at Olin and things are really ramping up over here.
Please feel free to ask me any and all questions you have about Olin, if you remember me around the boards I am VERY candid.
Olin is a wonderful community and if any of you are coming to visit place be sure to PM me.
All the best
JH
Hi,
I am an International Applicant from India and have few queries:
1. How is Olin in attracting top tier Consulting firms to the campus for recruitment or are most of the jobs secured via networking?
2. How is the placement scene for International applicants this year? Olin seems to have lots of International grads.
How difficult is it to get an Internship in firms outside of St. Louis or do most students get internship in and around St. Louis?
Thanks!!
Olin has some trouble attracting the big 3 MCs to campus for MBAs, they come for undergrads in the fall and again in jan/feb.
There was one MBA at Mckinsey this past summer, he used off school networking to get it. That said, there were 4-5 MBAs that got first round interview with bain and bcg a couple of them got second rounds but ultimately no other offers. THose happened in Jan/feb and were through the school.
Other companies do recruit on campus, ATK, Booz/co, LEK, Deloitte etc they all give us a looks but its tough to get interviews at the core strategy firms without the standard high GPA, good undergrad school etc....unless you network.
The networking potential is there, many Olin grads are at each of the big firms, just not in big numbers. I am setting up stuff with a couple...alll through the network, but its more through other students than the school directly.
International students have a rougher go, we just started really ramping up the internship search but i can say that everyone from the last year had an internship. Most students stay in the midwest, lots go to chicago as well. Of the few people I know that have internships already all the major cities are represented except the west coast, but its still early and people are targeting it.
I expect the school to continue to attract better companies for MBAs as the years go on. We already are seeing IB and MC firms that traditionally have had a small presence coming to campus for info sessions etc. Olin is a place where you will have to do work on your own to get a job you want if the employers who don't come to campus, but thats standard at any bschool.