So I was cross offered by McKinsey and BCG for an MBA summer internship. Would I be crazy to just auto select McKinsey over BCG due to prestige/vault ranking? Not sure if they are really all that different in prestige. I’m going to the SF offices for reference. Also I know this is about culture as well, but I can’t really tell a difference between the two on a person to person basis tbh. Want international ops, and also some what of a work life balance.

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Yes- crazy to pick between the two for prestige as they are essentially tied.

While every individual is different, my sense is the two have materially different cultures.

Neither is good for WLB, frankly WLB is hard to find in consulting overall- maybe slalom

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Not from the US but across Africa and Europe they’re definitely tied

Yeah to be honest McK has a bit of an off putting pretentious “we’re the Harvard of consulting firms” vibe, not necessarily a bad thing when it comes to bringing in great clients but it does percolate to the business

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Woah let’s calm down a bit here

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It’s only an internship. So no, I don’t think auto selecting Mckinsey is a bad idea at all. Brings you more cred, maybe you find a home, and if you don’t it plays well elsewhere too.

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Hey look the vault rankings put bain first! Cleary you need to start your search over

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