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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Rough crowd, but here is my kid’s profile. Hope it helps, OP. I will preface with one acronym, ESG. Take a look at LinkedIn. You’ll be hard pressed to find a company that isn’t touting their environmental, sustainability, and governance initiatives. This is the hot button focus of most colleges curriculum. Who’s going to reverse climate change, break down the corporate foundations and build anew?  Not us, them.

Rising college junior who interned from sophomore year of HS until college. Public k-12. Private college. He started at 16 as an intern supporting 20+ small businesses, startups, and the CEO at a private co-working hub (not WeWork). He also volunteered at a local non profit for many years, and eventually was asked to be on the board. So, consulting happened organically for him. He accomplished some incredible things during the pandemic when the companies he supported temporarily shut down. He connected them to his non profit to provide services for community residents in need— prepared meals, free services like taxes, immigration attorneys, et al.

His college essay wrote itself. Top 20 biz school. Interned the summer after freshman year for a student (USC backed) startup. Currently working as a paid summer intern at a hi brow, boutique consulting firm in NYC. He is client facing. They gave him the option to continue for fall semester 2023, and he chooses when he can be in person/remote, and the number of hours he can commit to based on course load. Fall internship will actually fulfill one of his major course requirements (3 or 4 credits).

Degree path is BSBA consulting with dual concentrations including sustainable business foundations (ESG). Minimum 17 credits per semester. Freshman/sophomore years are rigorous core courses (2) finance, (2) accounting, micro & macro, (2) stats, (2)info systems, management, data analytics, marketing & communications, strategy simulation, and heavy liberal arts core. The first two years involved applying these courses to solve real world company issues- team cohorts assigned to the same courses/professors and aligned with their specific company’s risks/strategy/goals. The cohort teams competed in a final consulting competition judged by corporate heads and alumni.

If your consulting kid is still in HS, getting an internship before college is great. It can be any business. If an early college student, it’s imperative to have an internship the summer before sophomore year and beyond. Use college career center, and LinkedIn. Shotgun as many resumes as possible. Interview experience is worthwhile even if they get rejected after their 3rd or 4th interviews. This is the norm, thick skin required. DS had countless call backs and interviews from the “Big” firms. Ultimately, he connected with an alum (cold) on LinkedIn chat, and this person created the position he has now. He loves the boutique consulting experience so far, which makes sense since his passion was born from past experience with small businesses. Apply to colleges with a very strong alumni network. It matters! Consulting is multifaceted, so any internship experience on a resume should include consulting key words in their skill descriptions. [/quote]

It’s nice that you are so proud of your child. But if I met him in real life I would want to gag at his overzealous earnestness. He probably think he is doing the world some good too. [/quote]

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