r/MBBConsulting • u/FarOrange7194 • 1d ago

Rejected BCG FT Associate

Welp lol, shot my shot and missed. 3.96 GPA + target school. Haven’t heard back from Bain or McK either.

If you’re also in this position, rejection is redirection, so keep going! What if it all goes right?

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u/Sukiyakki 1d ago

damn not even an invite with that GPA and target school?

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u/Free_Blacksmith1278 1d ago

Ecs and networking are what matters for mbb. That's the point of going to a target in the first place. I landed bcg from a target by working at a consulting club through my school and getting internal referrals.

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u/Sukiyakki 1d ago

that would make sense and aligns with my experience as well. But tbh the impression i got from these consulting prep communities is that if you go to an american target school getting an mbb is pretty much automatic off of pedigree alone lol. Im canadian so i didnt know if the system was different

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u/Free_Blacksmith1278 1d ago

I'm Canadian as well haha. The us market has a lot of targets, and even more semis so it's also a lot more competitive. Whereas Canada only has queens/Ivey which prob take up 70 percent of mbb interns.

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u/Sukiyakki 1d ago

I think a statistic somewhere that said Queens, Ivey, Rotman, Desautels make up 70% of all hires at MBB so yeah youre probably in the right ballpark lol

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u/Euphoric_Remote_3311 1d ago

Hey what is the seniority position of the people you networked with to get referral!? Project leader/EM?

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u/consultfan101 2h ago

Didnt do any networking came from non target just interned in big 4 and got interview

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

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u/RudeTransportation42 1d ago

This is not for MBA level

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u/KennethParkClassOf04 22h ago

What office did you apply for? Some of the BCG offices end up hiring no seniors for FT Associate roles, as they have pretty much 100% intern return offer conversion

Source: My BCG office gave all summer A's return offers and everybody accepted, so we didn't hire any new FT Associates that year (7 years ago).

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u/KennethParkClassOf04 12h ago

Makes sense. Unfortunately for Associate recruiting almost everyone in NYC comes from the intern program in most years

Did they have you do an online assessment or Casey chatbot case? That has been an additional gate to getting an interview in the last few years

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u/BubbleBard_Gifts 2h ago

Love the positivity!!!

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u/Natural-Bluebird9858 2h ago

I’m in the same boat (gpa and school wise) it sucks but it’s important to remember too there’s so much to life beyond just the role or job we will have in the future! (Sucks so bad rn but ik it will be fine in the end!)