Profile evaluation for Wharton, Tuck, Ross (Michigan), Emory Goizueta, UVA Darden, Booth (Chicago), Kellogg, Sloan (MIT), GMAT Focus 715, Consulting background, from India

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1 year ago

Hi. if you’re looking to stay in consulting, these are not the best consulting machines so to speak.

I’m not saying that there’s a bad choices for consulting but there are equally good ones as well that would be easier to get in or offer a scholarship along the way. ...

Here are the programs and latest placements:
https://gmatclub.com/forum/best-mba-pro ... 21312.html

lava112

Hey, thanks for your input. What schools would you suggest? I would also like to explore tech and IB if possible

I added the link above. Typing on the mobile so I couldn’t quite copy paste very fast.

Many schools in the top 15 have solid consulting placements. Tuck, Yale, Fuqua, Ross, Darden.

The other advantage many of T15 schools have is that MBB reps have offices on campus where you can meet them four days a week.

What I heard someone say is that if you want to recruit into consulting, you want to choose the consulting club at school first and then the school. I would try to network with students from the top 15 schools and ask them about the consulting club experience. They change quite a bit as they are run by students

Thank you, let me go through it

And as you will see, crazy enough Stanford and HBS place the least to consulting than other programs but that’s not because they suck, it’s because people in those programs are looking for other things/industries.

so my post mba goal is also exploration into tech and finance, gmat club only allows us to add one. I am also not a pure consultant in my current role, I am a data engineer working in a tech consulting role. So kind of working in both worlds

Saw a bit more of your profile before you made it private - having a startup is awesome for AdCom - that's valued experience not many of your peers will be able to bring so that gives your profile an extra notch. I would say 3 years of experience is on the lower side for all these programs. They do seem to prefer more established folks but it won't hurt to apply now and improve your candidacy next year if you are not happy with the results. Not sure how set you are on heading to school this year.

I would really love to get into school this year. I do understand my experience is on the lower side and that is one of the primary factors that gets me worried

Understandable. The main concern admissions has is you being senior enough to recruit after the school. Recruiters are looking for certain qualities. Would you be able to recruit equally effectively as someone who spent five years in a similar consulting career? if yes, you don’t have a whole lot to worry about.

Understood, I think so, yes. But will maybe still need to figure out how to translate it into applications