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Yeah I don't see why not. Mbb is a crapshoot for anyone though. Only thing you can do is apply and try
That’s valid. Thank you for the insight on this
I'm going to segment new graduates in 3 tiers: Top tier (Ivy + top tech/engineering programs including MIT and IIT), Tier 2, and everything else. I graduated from an everything else and grew my experience climbing through various roles in industry. I was brought into consulting as a technical expert and lead years later.
In industry, I hired a few folks from top tier schools - but mostly... stopped. They generally weren't successful hires because their ambitions outpaced their experience and their inability to do the practical even though they could talk the theoretical was quickly apparent.
I gave the same task to a Tier 2 school (someone from NYU, BU, or UT) with some minimal instruction and I'd have a functional working prototype that was scalable. That isn't to say that I got a better engineer from the T2, but I got someone that was trainable, able to be self-sufficient when necessary, and able to deliver on deadlines. Those folks were able to deliver, but also able to be promoted out of my department with glowing letters of recommendations - allowing me to bring in additional new blood. My goal has always been to bring in top folks, mold them, and land them in their next career goal - generally within 18 months.
I separate out the final group of everywhere else for a reason. Tier 2 schools generally provide solid practical backgrounds and experiences making their candidates able to be doers and thinkers, and allowing me to focus on enhancing those skills but focusing on training their leadership. Everywhere else, usually has a deficit of both doing and thinking... meaning that the training takes longer... it is significantly rarer to find folks from everywhere else that can see the big picture, or don't have the ability to self-train and learn. Moreover, they haven't learned the fine art of self-promotion because they rely on the company to promote themselves instead of grinding it out and promoting their work. Overall, It takes a much greater investment in an everywhere else candidate to move them forward - it isn't impossible - but its much easier to put them in a reporting role that will eventually be automated out.
Anyway... So... you claim Little Ivy... Balance Doing, Thinking and Leading and you'll be successful in consulting. Delegating, while successful for many in consulting, will put you squarely in competition with the Ivy students that will always have that distinction ahead of you. Be just a little more of a doer than them and you'll distinguish the difference.
Thank you for this advice. It seems very useful. The funny thing is part of me regrets going to my “prestigious” undergrad for the reasons you mentioned — much more theoretical than practical education, but a school without the stamp of approval of a true Ivy name. My graduate school appealed to me for its hands-on consulting projects with actual companies and data analytics classes. It taught me so much more but doesn’t have a “prestige” factor. But I loved it, and its alumni network helped me get my current job. I definitely consider myself a doer and thinker and capable of self-teaching. I guess only applications and time will tell if I can break in and show those qualities to an open minded recruiter.
I did not have the traditional path. I can confirm it’s more difficult and will take longer in general to get where you want to go, but can certainly be done if it’s really what you want.
If you really understand consulting, and distill it to its simplest parts, you can articulate how you already do those things, which make you a qualified candidate.
1. Strategy consulting is about enabling business leaders to make better decisions
2. Apply the scientific method to business problems/issues
3. Project management
It will help to build relationships for referrals and endorsements.
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Yes…and little Ivey lol 😂😂😂
Haha yeah not my term — that’s why I put it in quotes. Didn’t want to say the name of the school but that’s the bucket it allegedly falls into
Idk if we're still hiring, but LEK seems to have a ton of lateral/industry hires.
Good to know! Thank you so much