How busy is everything at BCG right now? Will start there next month and did. an internship 1 year ago where no one didn’t have a project. Same situation right now or can new people expect to sit on the bench for a few weeks first?

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Awesome! I’ll be starting at NYC in a month too. I guess we might see each other during the two week training.

Much more bench right now, expected to pick up again over the next few months

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