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Thanks for sharing insights. This is very helpful since I'm international and can't visit campus to see for myself.
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phlaym39 wrote:
Thanks for sharing insights. This is very helpful since I'm international and can't visit campus to see for myself.


You're welcome. I didn't attend campus until I was already admitted anyways.
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Any idea what % of MBB hires don't come from either MBB in their previous work experience or as MBB sponsored students?
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Ballpark, I'd say around 2/3 are not sponsored. Internship figures are a good way to compare schools (although people without a MBB summer internship do get into MBB during FT hiring, no sponsored students intern at their company during the summer, so it makes it easier to compare schools)

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Ballpark, I'd say around 2/3 are not sponsored. Internship figures are a good way to compare schools (although people without a MBB summer internship do get into MBB during FT hiring, no sponsored students intern at their company during the summer, so it makes it easier to compare schools)

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That's a good point. So that would explain why the internships seem so scare. I have seen some firms on some reports have an internship and fulltime offer number being basically the same. Wonder what's happening there. How is the recruiting going? Anything major you've learned along the way that you didn't realize going in?
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Ballpark, I'd say around 2/3 are not sponsored. Internship figures are a good way to compare schools (although people without a MBB summer internship do get into MBB during FT hiring, no sponsored students intern at their company during the summer, so it makes it easier to compare schools)

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That's a good point. So that would explain why the internships seem so scare. I have seen some firms on some reports have an internship and fulltime offer number being basically the same. Wonder what's happening there. How is the recruiting going? Anything major you've learned along the way that you didn't realize going in?


Consulting recruiting is going well, what I learned is:

1) Pick a location early. I was deciding between two locations (chicago and non-chicago)...Firms where I quickly picked a place had a much higher conversion into close list events.
2) Focus on the recruiting manager for your school, they have WAY more sway than random associates or even partners.
3) Recruiters are people and want to work with people they like - don't ruin a good conversation by asking some stupid question you already know the answer to (e.g. whats the difference between regional and national staffing)
4) It takes up so much time, started to get really burned out towards the end.
5) There's a lot of people who are recruiting for consulting who really shouldn't - people who blatantly don't have the social skills or the case skills. A lot of people also don't even know why they want to do consulting. This is bad, you should have a good understanding of your strengths and weaknesses, and what you want to do, or you're going to have a bad time.
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Awesome advice mgg234 !

Any advice for getting onto closed lists besides location selection? Was there anything that you did during the company presentations that helped you stand out? Did you do any pre-MBA networking or internships?
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Awesome advice mgg234 !

Any advice for getting onto closed lists besides location selection? Was there anything that you did during the company presentations that helped you stand out? Did you do any pre-MBA networking or internships?


Company presentation don't matter much at all for close-list selections. Beyond that, it's tough to tell. From the best I can tell, different places seem to have different criteria. Some base it off coffee chat performance, some base it off resume, some base it off who the main campus recruiter knows, etc. It's really a black box to me. Some super stars are invited to everything, but some people with poor social skills are invited to everything too (making me think resume is part of it).

That said, from what I've heard from second years, it's not worth stressing about. Unlike banking, people who don't get invited to dinners with get on closed lists, and people who get invited to dinners won't get on closed lists. Hell, even if you need to bid for an interview, plenty of people get in through this.
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Thanks again mgg234! Great thread!
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Hey mgg234 !

I just got waitlisted at Kellogg. Any tips or advice on how to turn that into an admit? :-D
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Hey mgg234 !

I just got waitlisted at Kellogg. Any tips or advice on how to turn that into an admit? :-D


Stay in contact, but in general the waitlist is used to help create the class profile they want...For example, if they let in too many finance people and you're on the waitlist, you're not getting off the waitlist. This is the same at all the top 10-15 schools.
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Hey mgg234 !

I just got waitlisted at Kellogg. Any tips or advice on how to turn that into an admit? :-D


Stay in contact, but in general the waitlist is used to help create the class profile they want...For example, if they let in too many finance people and you're on the waitlist, you're not getting off the waitlist. This is the same at all the top 10-15 schools.


Thanks again. I guess I'll wait to hear a follow-up and get in touch with my WL manager.

For now it feels like I'm in this weird limbo, like purgatory... :shock:
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