Uchicago for Consulting
Originally was interested in IB but over time realized consulting would better match my interests and long term goals of building a business.
I’ve gotten into UChicago, which I know is great for finance, but from what I can see online it seems like it underperforms on MBB placement compared to peer schools?
Will I be at a disadvantage recruiting for MBB out of UChicago compared to other top 10 or so schools? Would transferring to a more consulting focused school like Northwestern give a significant boost/make the difference between getting MBB or not?
No and no. Hope this helps
At uchicago right now, and everyone I know who wants to work at a prestigious consulting firm is interning at one or has at a minimum interviewed at multiple.
UChicago even introduced an easy grade-inflating major called Business Econ to enable goobers like you.
Least obvious Proud Econ virgin, I’m at Goldman in NYC out of UChicago . Tip: fuck a lot even tho the girls at UChicago are ugly.
i go to uchi. I just save the ladies for home. prepare the goggles buddy.
Basic answer is absolutely not, UChicago is a super strong school for consulting recruitment.
More detail:
Northwestern is better at churning out consultants because their culture values that and turns undecided kids into consultants; but if you know you want to pursue consulting you should always go to the best school you can and you'll be recognized as such.
Thanks for your response man, really helpful stuff.
Also wanted to ask some advice about the point about intelligence, academic rigor, and curiosity - that's one of the reasons why I'm kind of shifting more towards consulting from IB.
I understand there's a Business Economics major that's seen as less theoretical/quantitative and more practical. I'm thinking of taking this so that I can spend more time on courses that I have more interest in compared to highly theoretical and rigorous math. Also would mean I could maintain a higher GPA (not a math prodigy) and potentially do a "Metcalf micro internship" or two?
Issue is it seems like some people look down on it for its lack of quantitative rigor (like a poster above lol)
Do you think this major might put me at a disadvantage or be looked down upon by MBB?
Thanks for your help
I'm a 2nd yr at UChicago now doing consulting recruiting, and I can say that no one that matters really looks down on the Business Economics Major. If you want to go into banking or consulting, double majoring in Biz Econ is probably ur best bet because you can easily combine it with something like CS, Stats, Data Sci, or a more traditional STEM-oriented major like Chem, Bio, or Math. Plenty of kids here also do very traditional humanities majors like doubling in English and Arabic Studies or something like that and end up in consulting, so you don't need to do Biz Econ to go into consulting, BUT DOING IT ABSOLUTELY DOES NOT HURT YOU. It probably helps with consulting bc you can inflate ur GPA.
Also, Metcalf internships are easy to get. All you need to do is keep applying on the university's career page starting at the beginning of the year, and if you are consistent, you should have an interesting summer job and an extra $5k in the bank by midway spring quarter or earlier.
bruh it’s UChicago….why would a school like this gives you any disadvantages at all? I feel like it’s a huge target school everywhere. Transferring from Uchi to NU just for MBB recruiting sounds like a very bad idea unless there’s a specific reason why you prefer NU.
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