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Getting hired at McKinsey
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Date: July 8th, 2005 6:12 PM Author: Lavender razzmatazz crackhouse Coming out of undergrad at a lower Ivy (e.g., Penn, Columbia, Cornell), how good do your grades need to be to be hired as a first year analyst at McKinsey NY? What is the starting salary like (with bonus)? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=214954&forum_id=2#3227651) |
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Date: July 8th, 2005 6:16 PM Author: umber bawdyhouse your interviewing skills and previous internship experience is probably more important.
i know a guy with okay grades from one of those schools and not very good internship experience working in one of their nonNYC offices. |
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Date: July 8th, 2005 6:16 PM Author: opaque becky grades are just 1 small part of the thing dude (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=214954&forum_id=2#3227679) |
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Date: July 8th, 2005 6:20 PM Author: Excitant roast beef Thanks for the solid advice, clearly derived from both your vast experience and scholastic status. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=214954&forum_id=2#3227708) |
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Date: July 8th, 2005 6:21 PM Author: opaque becky i know people at mckinsey and have even been to their recruiting thing you fuckup (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=214954&forum_id=2#3227716) |
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Date: July 8th, 2005 6:25 PM Author: Excitant roast beef I'm sure at their TAMU recruit session they downplay grades in the hopes of getting some Texas tail. I know people there, and they had great grades and subpar personalities. Bottom line, if you have good grades at Penn, H, MIT, S, etc., and don't defecate on the interviewer, you'll get hired. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=214954&forum_id=2#3227748) |
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Date: July 8th, 2005 6:26 PM Author: opaque becky they hire 2-3 analysts per year from TAMU
which is pwnage, but most of TAMU is hicks |
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Date: July 8th, 2005 6:27 PM Author: Excitant roast beef You don't want to work for that sweatshop anyway. Set up your PR firm. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=214954&forum_id=2#3227767) |
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Date: July 8th, 2005 6:28 PM Author: opaque becky This is my plan: work at a prestigious job for 2 years, go to a good bschool, then get a job in middle management doing no work.
Rate. |
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Date: July 8th, 2005 6:29 PM Author: Excitant roast beef Part one is good, part two is better, part 3 is poor. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=214954&forum_id=2#3227789) |
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Date: July 8th, 2005 6:31 PM Author: opaque becky why? a decent job making like 150k doing jack shit, posting on xoxo all day is just what i need. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=214954&forum_id=2#3227812) |
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Date: July 8th, 2005 6:32 PM Author: umber bawdyhouse can those jobs exist longer term? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=214954&forum_id=2#3227823) |
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Date: July 8th, 2005 6:33 PM Author: opaque becky all companies these days are tied up in burecracy (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=214954&forum_id=2#3227834) |
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Date: July 8th, 2005 6:35 PM Author: Excitant roast beef Just get hired out of TAMU as an analyst at a less prestigious bank like Berkshire or Raymond James, attend S or NU for B school, graduate near the top (specialize in equity), and work at a large bank for 5 yrs and then move to venture cap or a hedge fund. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=214954&forum_id=2#3227850) |
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Date: July 8th, 2005 6:37 PM Author: opaque becky How do I get decent ECs though to get hired? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=214954&forum_id=2#3227877) |
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Date: July 8th, 2005 6:40 PM Author: Excitant roast beef To work at a lower bank, just get good grades as an econ or math major. Once you're at the bank, that coupled with your good grades/GMAT will lock you into a top 10 b-school. Once there, bust your ass, since you have no connections and don't want to waste say going to Tuck for a job back at Ray James. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=214954&forum_id=2#3227909) |
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Date: July 8th, 2005 6:41 PM Author: opaque becky thanks (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=214954&forum_id=2#3227921) |
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Date: July 8th, 2005 6:55 PM Author: Appetizing Coral Dingle Berry National Security Agency "Coming out of undergrad at a lower Ivy (e.g., Penn, Columbia, Cornell), "
Brown troll, no question. |
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Date: July 8th, 2005 6:58 PM Author: umber bawdyhouse e.g. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=214954&forum_id=2#3228123) |
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Date: July 8th, 2005 7:00 PM Author: Aphrodisiac hot university or Dartmouth troll (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=214954&forum_id=2#3228143) |
Date: July 8th, 2005 6:27 PM Author: Crystalline circlehead BAFF (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=214954&forum_id=2#3227774) |
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Date: July 8th, 2005 6:30 PM Author: Aphrodisiac hot university I went to one of those schools you mentioned or something around there (non HYP ivy)
I heard that nyc is the most competitive and that tends to get filled with grads from Harvard and Yale and the like, so shoot for a non nyc office. The people I know who got offers out of undergrad at McKinsey ended up at non-nyc offices, especilly ones where they had a tie to the area |
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Date: July 8th, 2005 6:31 PM Author: opaque becky when applying to bschool is the nyc office much more prestigious on apps? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=214954&forum_id=2#3227818) |
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Date: July 8th, 2005 6:33 PM Author: Aphrodisiac hot university I have no idea, don't know anything about bschool. I just live with someone who works at one of those big name consulting firms, so I know it can be done.
But I think they all do similar work and they all travel out of the office often to go see clients anyway.
eta: not all consulting firms are nyc-headquarted though...i think a lot are in boston. |
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Date: July 8th, 2005 6:53 PM Author: opaque becky Oh, 1 more question. Would a 5 year masters program in econ/finance help any with jobs straight out of UG? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=214954&forum_id=2#3228058) |
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Date: July 8th, 2005 6:55 PM Author: snowy ticket booth trust fund just major in econ/finance and get at least cum laude...it should be enough to get an interview. The interview will be key if you are set on strat consulting or ib. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=214954&forum_id=2#3228087) |
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Date: July 8th, 2005 6:56 PM Author: opaque becky alright ty! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=214954&forum_id=2#3228099) |
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Date: July 8th, 2005 6:58 PM Author: Excitant roast beef Actually, do econ or math (applied math if you can speclialize in UG). Finance is a watered down econ degree. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=214954&forum_id=2#3228112) |
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Date: July 8th, 2005 6:58 PM Author: umber bawdyhouse where's whokebe? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=214954&forum_id=2#3228119) |
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Date: July 8th, 2005 6:59 PM Author: Excitant roast beef In china. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=214954&forum_id=2#3228125) |
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Date: July 8th, 2005 9:41 PM Author: titillating high-end spot goal in life Depends on the school. Many of the above don't even offer finance degrees. Wharton offers a BS in Econ at the UG level, but you can have a concentration in Finance along with it.
I would recommend this approach if you want business consulting.
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Date: July 8th, 2005 9:49 PM Author: snowy ticket booth trust fund yes econ is safest bet but will still need cum laude at a min, but may get away with a lesser grade with ivy degree...but grades only get you to door & interviews (all 2 or 3 of them) will solidify an offer. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=214954&forum_id=2#3230028) |
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Date: July 8th, 2005 9:33 PM Author: Spectacular macaca stag film (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=214954&forum_id=2#3229852) |