Anonymous wrote:Can someone give a primer on why McK is so evil? Genuinely curious here. I have my own thoughts but would love to hear others’ too.

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Anonymous wrote:+1 I read that nauseating NY piece, too.

I hate what this area has become. Students aspiring to be MBB consultants instead of nonprofit workers. FinTech instead of medicine. BigLaw instead of ADAs or DoJ. I’m not even that old but I feel angry and resentful, missing the more innocent days of the nineties.

What really gets me is that they aren’t going to medical school, engineering, urban planning, PhD biology programs … I don’t care so much that they aren’t going to “do gooder” jobs, but they aren’t doing *anything* enriching to themselves (other than $$) or society. What a waste of brainpower and the privilege of a top college education.

These days, many more kids who choose those schools have been pushed and trained to get into those schools for their own sake and prestige; in other words they have been trained to grab the next brass ring because they are entitled to it and it makes THEM look better, not because it enables them to do something useful for the world. After all, you can do the latter from ANYWHERE often for less money and while having more fun. Someone is teaching the likes of OP that McKinsey is some prize job because their morals and priorities and even their entire world view is completely off.

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Anonymous wrote:Nobody says their entire goal in life is ROI, however ROI is very important to most people.
You sound like an extremist.

It's actually not. You're the extremist.

Anonymous wrote:Nobody says their entire goal in life is ROI, however ROI is very important to most people.
You sound like an extremist.

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Anonymous wrote:+1 I read that nauseating NY piece, too.

I hate what this area has become. Students aspiring to be MBB consultants instead of nonprofit workers. FinTech instead of medicine. BigLaw instead of ADAs or DoJ. I’m not even that old but I feel angry and resentful, missing the more innocent days of the nineties.

Those greedy types are over-represented on this board. There are plenty of kids around here who are going into public health careers, want to save the planet or advance social justice.

If you are a parent, try to create a human who will make things better. Not someone whose entire goal in life is ROI.

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Anonymous wrote:Lol is this a Barnard booster? Barnard is not considered an "Ivy" and is not a target for McK (or MBB at large).

Why are you a Barnard hater? Yes, McKinsey and Wall Street firms recruit at Barnard. And yes, it is a college within an Ivy University.

- Barnard alum

Embarrassing.

Be proud as a Barnard alum.

So I was in NYC at Columbia for a conference, and the gate at Barnard says Barnard College of Columbia University. No dog in this fight, but it seems to be a colelge within the University. What am I missing?

Anonymous wrote:+1 I read that nauseating NY piece, too.

I hate what this area has become. Students aspiring to be MBB consultants instead of nonprofit workers. FinTech instead of medicine. BigLaw instead of ADAs or DoJ. I’m not even that old but I feel angry and resentful, missing the more innocent days of the nineties.

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Anonymous wrote:Lol is this a Barnard booster? Barnard is not considered an "Ivy" and is not a target for McK (or MBB at large).

Why are you a Barnard hater? Yes, McKinsey and Wall Street firms recruit at Barnard. And yes, it is a college within an Ivy University.

- Barnard alum

Embarrassing.

Be proud as a Barnard alum.

So I was in NYC at Columbia for a conference, and the gate at Barnard says Barnard College of Columbia University. No dog in this fight, but it seems to be a colelge within the University. What am I missing?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lol is this a Barnard booster? Barnard is not considered an "Ivy" and is not a target for McK (or MBB at large).

Why are you a Barnard hater? Yes, McKinsey and Wall Street firms recruit at Barnard. And yes, it is a college within an Ivy University.

- Barnard alum

Embarrassing.

Be proud as a Barnard alum.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lol is this a Barnard booster? Barnard is not considered an "Ivy" and is not a target for McK (or MBB at large).

Why are you a Barnard hater? Yes, McKinsey and Wall Street firms recruit at Barnard. And yes, it is a college within an Ivy University.

- Barnard alum

Anonymous wrote:Lol is this a Barnard booster? Barnard is not considered an "Ivy" and is not a target for McK (or MBB at large).

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Anonymous wrote:Also, on the above, literally almost every school has a recruiting page for McKinsey

https://www.mckinsey.com/careers/students

go to this page and type in a school. They all have the same info, just a different school name.

VT, South Carolina, St Louis University, University of Iowa all have recruitment pages on McKinsey's website.

Northeastern is not special in this regard.

Stand down.
You didn't understand.

Northeastern is a school that DOESN'T go to the "other" pile.

Stand down? Calm down

Sure, I stand corrected, but still, no one thinks Northeastern is a target school for McKinsey or MBB consulting.

https://www.peakframeworks.com/post/consulting-target-schools

the above link analysed all of the MBB consultants on Linkedin from 2014-2020. Northeastern isn't even top 30. Meaning below the likes of BYU, UIUC. I imagine they have a recruitment website from McKinsey so McKinsey can recruit for their tech, data, IT roles, as that aligns with Northeastern's focus. Northeastern MBA is even less of an MBB consulting target than Northeastern undergrad.

Northeastern is #14 on Poets & Quants for undergrad business by Career Outcomes and Results

https://poetsandquantsforundergrads.com/rankings/best-undergraduate-business-schools-business-school-rankings/4/

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Anonymous wrote:Also, on the above, literally almost every school has a recruiting page for McKinsey

https://www.mckinsey.com/careers/students

go to this page and type in a school. They all have the same info, just a different school name.

VT, South Carolina, St Louis University, University of Iowa all have recruitment pages on McKinsey's website.

Northeastern is not special in this regard.

Stand down.
You didn't understand.

Northeastern is a school that DOESN'T go to the "other" pile.

Stand down? Calm down

Sure, I stand corrected, but still, no one thinks Northeastern is a target school for McKinsey or MBB consulting.

https://www.peakframeworks.com/post/consulting-target-schools

the above link analysed all of the MBB consultants on Linkedin from 2014-2020. Northeastern isn't even top 30. Meaning below the likes of BYU, UIUC. I imagine they have a recruitment website from McKinsey so McKinsey can recruit for their tech, data, IT roles, as that aligns with Northeastern's focus. Northeastern MBA is even less of an MBB consulting target than Northeastern undergrad.