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ATK advice for young people... |
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2nd-tier candidates can be good |
| Date Posted: |
02/08/2006 |
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acturgex,
I'm not really sure what your motivation is. I'm suspecting that it's to draw in people and get into senseless arguments...which I guess I've been sucked in to. However, many potential recruits read these boards so I feel obliged to correct you.
As for ATK's recruiting schools, you can simply to go to ATK's site and search for schools to learn more. For example, if you search for Columbia, you will find: http://www.atkearney.com/main.taf?p=2,1,9,4. You'll learn that there is a recruiting team with 10 CBS graduates, headed by an officer who attended Tuck. Funny, it seems there are more than "three exemptions?? from top schools as you define them. You should also consider that many bright and capable people graduate every year from the "cheap schools" you describe. While not regular recruiting schools, I don't think ATK (like its top competitors) would summarily dismiss anyone from a "cheap school".
As for your grammar, it's terrible. While it's clear that you did not attend one of your "never from these" schools, I wonder if you attended college. So here are some tips in case you still are applying:
"And what a coincidence, these where also among the bottom of their Class."
-"where" -- this indicates location
-"Class" -- in the US, this does not need to be capitalized
"Facts are facts and everybody knows this."
-When making a controversial argument, you should support it with evidence rather than, 'everybody knows this'. In freshman Logic class, you will learn that this is considered a logical fallacy (Argumentum ad numerum). And as a side note, logic is a critical piece of the GMAT, so study up.... |
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Don't get upset by this, recruiting from 2nd-tier biz schools is not degrading. Besides, some of their graduates are very smart. It is a matter of positioning: if you don't pay big bucks, you can't hire from the certain places. Don't be ashamed, you are not a first-tier firm, so you get second-tier candidates.
As simple as that. If you are from the top ten schools, you try to get into McKinsey or BCG, if turned down, then you try BAH, Monitor or Bain. If this is not even possible, then you consider the ATKs, IBMs, Accenture and so on. You can still be succesful there.
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