Tag Archives: Consulting

McKinsey Emerging Scholars

For all of you soon to be MBA Students interested in consulting, McKinsey has a great opportunity for you. Apply for the McKinsey Emerging Scholars program by May 19th 2016. If you are selected to be a scholar, then you will receive a monetary award, mentorship from McKinsey consultants and an invitation to a celebratory event. In order to be eligible, you need to be a full-time MBA student that is starting in the Fall of 2016 from one of the following 16 schools:

  • University of California at Berkeley (Haas)
  • Kellogg, Northwestern
  • University of California at Los Angeles (Anderson)
  • University of Michigan, Ross School of Business
  • University of Chicago (Booth School of Business)
  • University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, (K.F. Business School)
  • Columbia University (Graduate School of Business)
  • NYU, Stern School of Business
  • Cornell University (Johnson Graduate School of Management)
  • University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
  • Dartmouth College (Tuck)
  • Stanford University (Graduate School of Business)
  • Duke University (Fuqua School of Business)
  • University of Virginia (Darden School of Business Admin)
  • Harvard University (Business School)
  • Yale University, Business School

MIT has a separate program called the Mckinsey Award.

MBA Summer Internship

I haven’t posted anything in the past month because I have been busy interviewing for my summer internship. I interviewed with 14 different consulting companies and am happy to say that I have already received 3 offers and am waiting to hear back from a few others. Getting your first offer is the greatest feeling in the world. I can feel my stress melting away.

If you think it is stressful waiting to hear back from business school just you wait for internship interviews. At least with business school you have only invested a thousand or so on applications and a bunch of time studying for the GMAT and filling out applications. For career switchers who need an internship in their industry, we gave up our high paying jobs and $200K in tuition and expenses to gamble in getting our dream job.

The good news is that business school does a good job of preparing you for interviews. I wish I could go back to undergrad and teach myself how to interview.

I will start posting regularly again now that I have more free time.