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Yale Undergrad Recruiting |
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5 answers |
| Date Posted: |
07/02/2003 |
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I'm a college junior, transferring from a state school to Yale for junior year this September, and would very much like to break into strategy consulting.
However, I'm worried about a few things:
1. For summer internship recruiting I will only have one semester of Yale grades (though my old grades are excellent). Will this put me at much of a disadvantage for recruiting?
2. I'm a history major (though I have taken a few classes in math, stats, econ, and accounting.) Are top firms still taking in liberal arts types as they were during the boom days or is it more narrowly engineering/economics types today?
3. My extracurricular/leadership activities are being disrupted by the move (I will be forsaking presidencies,etc.) Any suggestions on compensating for this?
4. If I can't find anything in consulting for the summer, what other internships would be a good preparation for the senior year job hunt?
5. Any idea on the numbers for Yale recruiting by M/B/B? I.e. ratio of resumes to interview, number of hires, that sort of thing. |
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Congrats on your transfer. It took you a little while, but congrats on doing it eventually. Here is my perspective on your questions.
1) No. Nobody will notice.
2) The liberal arts types had a better ride when there weren't enough business students to fill the ranks. So the answer to your question is that it's become tougher. However, it's never been impossible. Sometimes the LA students turn out to be the best consultants.
3) Dunno... this was one of the things you sacrificed by getting almost-free tuition at a state school for two years. Be sure to get really involved at Yale early on so that you can show your ability to adapt well to a new situation.
4) Anything business-related where you have some good responsibilities.
5) Ratio of resumes to interviews at M/B/B is frequently around 1/10; ratio of resumes to hires is often 1/75 to 1/150. I don't know the exact #s at Yale ugrad. These numbers obviously depend almost entirely on the number of resumes received and vary from school-to-school. (BTW, for experienced hires from outside consulting, the ratio of resumes to interviews is closer to 1/100. The ratio is better at McK.)
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