Is working at a T2 strategy house (eg EY Parthenon) considered more impressive / competitive for a business school application as compared to traditional big 4 (EY)?

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It depends what you work on and the impact you are able to demonstrate. In most but all cases, the answer is probably yes

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Application is holistic, resume/WE/EC/test scores etc. I am big 4 and had friends big 4 who had no problem getting into M7 including H/W/S. Just my two cents but what really matters is having alot of people with your exact same background because they likely won’t fill too many spots with identical backgrounds so R1 is your best friend.

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