is it common at bain to join out of undergrad do 4 years then mba then return as senior manager? what does this map to at MB?

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Mck is 2-3 years as BA, bschool, 1 yr asc, then EM. Now good BAs will make EM pre-bschool (no asc tenure)

B2 - I know more than 1 who made AP in 4 years. You don’t have to believe us, those folks exist. They’re exceptional, hard working, and more than a bit fortunate to be in the right place at the right time.

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That would be exceptionally rare. The absolute fastest possible I’ve ever seen is SM promo 4.5 years post UG (2 as AC, 6 mo as SAC, 2 as C, skip M) and that’s very very very rare.

Was not a guy. And our typical “fast track” is only spending 6 mo at M level, and M level is just a title, not an actual promotion point so it’s basically just like getting promoted 6 mo ahead of “fast track”. You never age into the M title so you effectively skip it, but it’s not like you’re actually skipping over a real promotion point.

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I’ve seen someone do it in 4 years. 2 AC -> 0.5 SAC -> 1.5 C -> SM (then went to bschool and returned two years later). As you said, very rare, but it’s been done before

BCG is 2 years associate (undergrad entry), 2 years consultant (mba entry) then PL (which is EM, SM equivalent). It’s more common for folks to do 2 years as associate, 1 consultant year then b school then come back and do 1 more year as a consultant before PL. I know a few that did all 4 years and left for b school right before or right after promo to PL

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