Schools to apply for a career in Management Consulting ?

Obviously, this is flawed because it really depends on # of students who want MBB/ # of students who get offers. This is also assuming that the quality (based on undergrad school/GPA/GMAT) is comparable across schools. I mean someone with a 3.8 engineering GPA at MIT and 780 GMAT is different than a 2.9 soft major GPA ,unknown school and 610 GMAT trying to get on a closed list for the first interview.

In a perfect world we would be able to figure out how many people WANTED to go into MBB. Since that is not possible, the next best thing we can go off of is # MBB hires / # of students that actually went into the consulting industry, and the classic #MBB/ total students seeking employment. GMAT/GPA/Undergrad school is already built into the calculation because it is assumed that the higher schools on this list naturally have higher GMAT/GPA, etc.

That looks a lot like the US News Rankings

How is INSEAD in terms of US recruiting? If you leave the US, do P1/2 in Singapore, then P3 Fonty, P4 in US and finish in Fonty will you be competitive in terms of m/b/b here in the US? Based on the 2010 #'s it was something like 14 of 237 accepted positions in the US. I'm not sure if this is due to those just wanting international flavor or just poor recruiting outside Europe and Asia. Any comments?

Thanks rpratt620, this information is extremely helpful.
Can you tell me how did you get numbers for Darden, as I did not find company specific list on their employment reports?

Just to chip in that we were shown some recruiting figures during pre-term here that showed that the growth in consulting recruiting at Stern over the past few years has continued through to the most recent class.

The obvious choices for consulting are there for all to see, but outside the top few on each continent (in Europe I would say Insead and LBS in that order) I think the differences become marginal. At any of the top schools I imagine you'll have a good chance, and as many have said before once you've got an interview you're competing with peers all across the board, not in your school. Beyond that I think it's mostly down to the environment you want to be in and personal preference.

For me Stern is a good fit for a few reasons. I'm a career switcher and I know I will thrive more in a group that is largely in a similar position to me, rather than in among a bunch of sponsored consultants. That's a loss on the networking side, but not by too much as there are many alumni around and being in NYC has obvious advantages. It's also definitely a growth area within the school and for me that's a positive thing in and of itself - it has some momentum with recruiters and among the staff in the Office of Career Development which can only be helpful. There are also specific things such as the Industry Mentoring Initiative with Deloitte that could be really helpful for a career switcher - I'll be applying for that and if successful will be happy to report back.

I'm not saying Stern's the best for consulting and you will undoubtedly find more people from the big firms at other schools (how that translates into recruitment is another matter), but I do think it's under-represented as a strong and growing area at the school. I feel like the opportunities are definitely there and it's up to me to maximise them. At the end of the day that's all you can ask of a school, at which point you need to focus on by far the biggest variable: how you conduct/develop/present yourself, regardless of what school you end up at.

Stern may recruit ok in consulting but the placement is usually around M/B/B + Booz. With regards to these firms, the recruiting outside M7+Tuck, then Michigan/VA becomes very small in comparison. If you're just aiming for a decent gig or a boutique firm in consulting, then any T20 program will probably offer the opportunity to get an interview, but for landing at MBB, it's all about the name.

For class of 2014 28% got full-time jobs in consulting compared to 27% in banking. As Stern does not reveal exact number of students placed in each company, does anyone have any idea about the management consulting recruitment at Stern in the last few years? Are they getting better at Consulting? How many are the MBBs hiring here? 3* in the employment report does not really help.

Stern is the only admit I have and I need to make sure if it is worth joining given its focus on banking.


Thanks.

For schools that don't release information like that, my recommendation is to use www.Linkedin.com/alumni. It's obviously a little less scientific, but still, it gives you an idea of how many people may end up in consulting from the various schools. For Sternies who graduated in 2013 - 2014, it looks like there are 6 Associates at McKinsey and 60 at Deloitte.