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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hi OP, I'll join the group.

I am an Ivy underachiever and I don't even have the excuse of coming from a rural background.

I grew up in normal suburbia and was totally lost at my Ivy school. I was an English major, and no one told me this might not be a good idea. I got good grades, did a few EC but I had no clue about internships or job or careers. I was slightly depressed my entire college career. I worked at camps and in restaurants during the summers. I never connected to any mentors. I had no vision for my future. I am actually pretty proud that I have made as much of my life as I have. But sometimes I feel really terrible looking back at college and wondering why I wasted all those opportunities, and yes I am a little annoyed at my parents who were classic 1980s parents -- not involved. [/quote]

I was an English major at an HBCU. I'm in consulting. I'm not wealthy by any means but I'm clearing more than $200k.[/quote]

Well yeah, clearly you were driven by money if you went into consulting. I assume you went into consulting right out of college? If you don’t it’s very hard to enter with it’s up or out ethos. No one does consulting for any other reason, that is actually the best path for low status highly educated graduates as success mostly comes from grinding work out, which most of them are very capable of. [/quote]

That's not accurate.  You can enter consulting at any career stage and you don't have to be motivated by money.  I really enjoyed my time in consulting - the diversity of experience, the fast pace, the constant context switching all worked well for my brain.  [/quote]

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