What did everyone get the first time they took a practice GMAT (cold)? Just got a 610 and my real GMAT is in 2 months 😬

Who here has Kindergartners and is stressing about getting ready for graduation? What are your themes/what are you doing?

Moving to Charlotte and need advice on good school district ( 3 yr old ) and also close to university of NC at @Charlotte

I have been looking at the curriculums for Harvard Business School's Master of Business Administration and Harvard Extension School's Master's in Management. They both have the same requirements, generally speaking, including a field immersion course that serves as a capstone in the Master's in Management, which is fairly new. If I am not able to gain admission to Harvard Business School, but wanted a similar educational experience to become a consultant, should I attend Harvard Extension?

Best GMAT study plan?

A friend is considering deferring an offer (stem PhD) for 1 year straight out of undergrad to work in NY, either in a research institution or a biotech. She does not have any real work experience outside of her lab (3 years) and an adjacent internship. Another factor is she is just generally feeling burnt out on school after the last few years.
To what extent did you find that a year or two of work impacts prospects coming out of PhD? How might a year off from school impact her PhD work itself?

Working on some law firm applications tonight and it sucks that I know that I am so capable and have a strong work ethic but firms can’t see beyond grades or the fact that I didn’t go to a t14 law school or prestigious undergrad. I’ve worked twice as hard and feel like I’ve barely even gotten half as much. It’s discouraging sometimes especially because I worked so hard with pretty much no guidance (first gen, poc, low-income) to get into college and do well and then get into a t30 law school

Does your PhD define your research for your career?

For those who pursued MBA or MHA several years after practice, how did you use your degree?

Any chance of overcoming 3.34 undergrad gpa from state school? B4 cpa in TAS

Is the ETS GRE-GMAT converter accurate? My GMAT is above medians everywhere but I don’t know how much it matters.

Currently at Strategy& and thinking about MBA in 1-2 yrs. I went to an HYPSM for undergrad but have a 3.4 GPA due to mental health issues senior year. If I hit average GMAT, is M7 realistic? cont..

Howz studying at UK different than US or Australia ?

Does it have brand value better in terms of working in UK for some years and travel back to India ?

MIS Junior here. Should I graduate next May and start working or get my Masters in MIS and have 1 more internship? I have had two internships already (Business Analyst & QA/Automation Scripting) and I am interning in Cyber this summer at a Top 10 firm. Should I get my masters and try to intern with b4/MBB in cyber consulting or just graduate next May?

BCG has a couple of openings of data scientists.
Requirements : 1. Masters or PhD degree preferably from a top school
2. Atleast 1 year of experience as a data scientist
3. Know how to use Python

Kindly DM only if you strictly meet the requirements

ZS 🐠 - can you receive sponsorship for MBA prior to having tenure of 3 years? If not, what is the downside of applying after 1 or 2 years? I am coming in with 3+ YOE in consulting, so my application would be competitive for next fall (or ‘23)

I would like to hit fire between 40-50. Currently 27, 185k total comp (125 for me and 60 for partner). Like my job don’t hate it don’t love it. Does an MBA make sense? I’m guessing it could take me to 170ish with that schools I’m looking at but wondering if the 40-50 retirement range makes an mba not make sense since I’d only have 10-20 years to save vs 12-22.

Would have to finance the whole thing myself. Current net worth is 140k. Thoughts?

Looking to transition to a new career, possibly to SWE. I have a physical science background with some student loan debt. Before I dive into more student loans, I wanted to check out some Software Engineering boot camps....

Any recommendations? What's your personal experience? Are they worth paying, or is college the way?

Would an MBA be required to switch from Product Management within LS/biotech to Tech (faang or other b2c)?

Question out of curiosity for those who already started or concluded their MBAs. Have you posted something on LinkedIn (e.g. I’m thrilled to announce…) stating that you guys are starting the program?

Who owns renewals at your company? Customer Success? Renewal specialists? AEs?
There are a lot of articles out there but doesn't seem to be a consensus on this topic. My company is struggling with this and curious as to how others handle it.

Anyone in IB/PE in Toronto? Would like to connect to learn more about the industry

Thoughts on Engage NY/Eureka math...

What is salary package for AR VR Engineer?

How on earth are you guys getting into these AMD calls for 5/1? The theta is scaring the devil out of me. I almost went with the peer pressure yesterday and then backed out (I am bullish in AMD)

Hello, which is more beneficial Master’s in Human Resources or PHR Certification?

I have a case I have enough evidence on to go to summery judgement on off the gate. Procedurally what's the best way to go a out this? D's are unrepresented and extremely difficult about settlement talks.

I have a 2017 Hyundai SantaFe XL SE, 32K miles. End of lease is coming up buyout price is $19.5K. Should i buy the car and sell it myself OR the hassle doesn’t worth it, just return it? The car is in great shape though.

I’m really discouraged. My after tax / after 401k contributions etc. take home pay is $6,500 monthly. I have $60,000 in savings / stocks for a down payment but even looking at a $550,000 home, my monthly payment would be about $3,400 from the calculators I’ve been using. Is that too high?

So discouraged that houses where I live are about 50% higher than what they were 2 years ago, and now interest rates are around 5.25% for my credit score. This is like a 1750 sq foot home

If Any one need referral in IBM .please dm

EY GDS Pune hiring ?

Hi
I Have almost 7 years of experience .I have got a position of lead in IBM provided with package of 17.2 lpa .. I guess it is bit low for the current market jobs..Please do suggest.

if you had the option to accept a senior copywriter role at a trendy retail company (so a promotion), or a copywriter role at a popular tech company (with no prior experience in tech) which would you choose?

Is there any bench policy in amdocs. My project will end in january. What will happen after that?

EY folks, can I please get a referral for Mulesoft/API Consulting openings?

What’s better using a broker to identify a lender or just finding lenders on your own? Would using a broker still get u the best rates?

Utilization director told me today that the layoffs won't affect me. My heart goes out to everyone that had to hear otherwise. Here's to hoping y'all find something better and prosper.

Anyone work in the business transformation group in industry?

I *think* Accenture is doing it right with regards to expenses. Overall, pretty relaxed with the perdiem and other expense policies in comparison it seems. That's actually a huge deal.

Has absolutely nothing to do with consulting, but I’d like to ask a very personal question of some of the gentlemen fish on here... how did you approach your girlfriends parents to ask for their blessing to marry their daughter?

What % utilisation is considered good?
I know it depends on firm to firm, but in general?
Also, is it wise to put in CV or say in interviews about your utilization if its good?

Is a $550k home affordable for $205k household base income with 10% down payment? Don’t want to be house broke.

I miss Fly-Day. I would be working on my fifth or sixth cocktail by now and texting my driver the flight arrival information.

Fellow fasting fish, how do you maintain energy when we can’t have coffee or water? I’ve been cracking windows, showering first thing, and using certain essential oils 😅 trying not to yawn on these morning video calls!

Investment gurus - Appreciate pointers for resources (books, blogs, videos etc.) to read up on investment strategies. Just getting started and could use all the help. 🙏

Lowkey confused, I joined the firm in July and both my standard & adjusted utilization are at 50%. Is this good?

How to deal with being rejected from a consulting job you want?

We've all been there (not just me I hope). It's so frustrating when the consulting one is a tough hill to climb. Has joining a smaller management consulting firm ever worked out for anyone?

I'd like to hope one day I could get into big 4 or even MBB.

Consulting firms, how does your company use utilization as a performance metric? And what are your targets (e.g, Junior practitioners vs senior)

My SO recently lateraled to another consultancy and has been really stressed, working late and feeling dejected. Ideas on what I can do to help / provide moral support?

“Not to throw you under the bus” but I will 😎

What are the best books on sales as it relates to consulting?

My manager gave me feedback that I need to be more articulate overall and improve on my presentation skills. When I asked if he had any specific suggestions on ways to do this he didn’t have an answer. Any advice?