Hi Lisa,
I was wondering what schools thought of applicants from second-tier MC firms who nevertheless have high stats. I have a 3.8 GPA and a 770 GMAT, which seems like it would normally make me extremely competitive in admissions, except that I will be applying from an Accenture/Deloitte level firm (in the business strategy/operations practice). Since the management consulting pool of applicants is enormously competitive and I'm not at a marquee firm (McK/BCG/Bain), how much do my chances at Harvard, Wharton, and Stanford suffer? My firm is kind of the best that you can get in MC out of my undergrad which is of course gratifying for me, but it seems that due to my uninspiring undergrad institution and mediocre firm, i'll still be at a disadvantage vis-a-vis my competition.
Secondly, how exactly do you recommend that I deal with this in my essays? Complaining about immaturity in high school leading to a poor college and bad job prospects seems whiny, especially because i'm not in a bad position, per se, but just an uncompetitive one.
I look forward to hearing your thoughts!
I was wondering what schools thought of applicants from second-tier MC firms who nevertheless have high stats. I have a 3.8 GPA and a 770 GMAT, which seems like it would normally make me extremely competitive in admissions, except that I will be applying from an Accenture/Deloitte level firm (in the business strategy/operations practice). Since the management consulting pool of applicants is enormously competitive and I'm not at a marquee firm (McK/BCG/Bain), how much do my chances at Harvard, Wharton, and Stanford suffer? My firm is kind of the best that you can get in MC out of my undergrad which is of course gratifying for me, but it seems that due to my uninspiring undergrad institution and mediocre firm, i'll still be at a disadvantage vis-a-vis my competition.
Secondly, how exactly do you recommend that I deal with this in my essays? Complaining about immaturity in high school leading to a poor college and bad job prospects seems whiny, especially because i'm not in a bad position, per se, but just an uncompetitive one.
I look forward to hearing your thoughts!
They say the sea is cold,
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but the sea contains the hottest blood of all,
and the wildest, the most urgent.
