I’m a 4th year medical student in NYC looking to go into consulting after getting my MD. However, I’ve only attended state schools(undergrad/medschool) that are not well known in the business world. Will this be a barrier? I have over a year of dedicated research experience at a well known school/lab to possibly offset that.

Also, any advice on how to build a network in this space for referrals in the near future? And any suggestion as to which firms I should look to apply to outside of MBB?

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I don't think it's a barrier but it might require some more networking to get traction. I use LinkedIn for the most part, but you might want to look for industry events in your area like conferences etc

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I dont think is a barrier at all. I belive your biggest issue is not knowing the people to get into the company. I think you will need to work a lot harder to get into the bigger companies.

Thank you both for the responses, I will work on some networking

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