This is the last of my three part series on my adventures with management consulting so far. One, I had the overview of Management Consulting and my 90 applications to different firms. I talked about how I've been on three networking trips, one to D.C., one to Houston, and my most recent trip to Dallas.
This email is all about that trip to Dallas - a unique trip for me, because this was the first and only networking trip so far that wasn't piggy-back riding on something else. With the D.C. trip, the real reason for going was to attend a political fund-raiser with my dad. With the Houston trip, I was really just down there for Christmas. On both trips, however, I made an occasion to make some great connections while in town.
I went to Dallas with two other undergrads (there was supposed be a third, but he was trying to fly standby and didn't make it - so sad!) and had a phenomenal time. On Thursday, we went to McKinsey's office, and on Friday we went to the offices of Boston Consulting Group, Bain, and AT Kearney. We also had lunch with a guy who works for Delloitte Consulting.
It was incredible - McKinsey, Bain, and Boston are consisted lauded as the top strategic management consulting firms - and also the hardest to get in to. Again, with only a 3.72 GPA, landing a job there, much less an internship, might be difficult, but visiting their offices and making a very solid, positive face-to-face connection with them hopefully helped.
Some photos from the trip:
The two undergrads I went with, Anthony, and Andrew in downtown Dallas, being awesome.
Anthony and I, dowtown.
Andrew and I right in front of the spot where President JFK was shot. That building closest to us, in the top right window was where the shooter was.
Oh my goodness! Sean, that's so funny that you know Andrew! We worked in Haiti after the earthquake together.
ReplyDeleteLooks like you all had a blast!