BeyondCasePrep wrote:
Fuqua is a great place to go if you are interested in consulting. All of the firms come to campus, and people go to offices all over the country. I believe it is one of only a handful of core schools for McKinsey, meaning that there is a full-time McKinsey person on campus throughout the recruiting season (I believe HBS, Wharton, Kellogg, Columbia, and Stanford are the other schools with this distinction but I could be wrong).
I would say about 100 people, or roughly 25% of the class, are serious about consulting. Most people who were serious received at least one offer from MBB or Deloitte. The best place for actual hiring numbers on on their website, as they change every year.
McKinsey gave out around 60 interviews, BCG around 40, Bain maybe 30 or so, and I'm not sure about Deloitte but I'd guess between 50 and 75. However, this changes every year and includes a mix of domestic and international students, especially for McKinsey, which has a very strong overseas presence.
The consulting club at Fuqua is great. They put out a new casebook each year, which is usually one of the better b-school casebooks, organize events on campus, and visits off campus.
All told, one can expect at least 10 or 15 opportunities to interact with each firm prior to an interview invite. With that many opportunities, the burden is really on the applicants to get an interview - as many as possible - and perform well.
Hope this helps. Feel free to follow up with any other questions, and please visit our other threads as well.
I would say about 100 people, or roughly 25% of the class, are serious about consulting. Most people who were serious received at least one offer from MBB or Deloitte. The best place for actual hiring numbers on on their website, as they change every year.
McKinsey gave out around 60 interviews, BCG around 40, Bain maybe 30 or so, and I'm not sure about Deloitte but I'd guess between 50 and 75. However, this changes every year and includes a mix of domestic and international students, especially for McKinsey, which has a very strong overseas presence.
The consulting club at Fuqua is great. They put out a new casebook each year, which is usually one of the better b-school casebooks, organize events on campus, and visits off campus.
All told, one can expect at least 10 or 15 opportunities to interact with each firm prior to an interview invite. With that many opportunities, the burden is really on the applicants to get an interview - as many as possible - and perform well.
Hope this helps. Feel free to follow up with any other questions, and please visit our other threads as well.
Thanks for the insight. I have a follow up question: If you look at the consulting stats for class of 2013, it seems like the number of offers MBB gave out went down significantly...most notably BCG went from 13 FT offers in 2012 to just 6 FT 2013 offers in 2013. I think you mentioned that you were involved in BCG's recruiting previously. Why do you think the numbers went down? Are you seeing a shift in which firms are changing their target schools?
A close friend at Darden mentioned that BCG picked up its hiring there this year, so I am worried that they might be moving their attention from Fuqua to Darden. (Duke is my top choice, so I will be extremely worried, if that's the case).
This is the article I read: http://poetsandquants.com/2013/07/27/co ... duke-mbas/