any preferred majors for consulting firms?

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<p>I was wondering if consulting firms like McKinsey prefer certain undergrad majors over others, even if only by a little. Strong math/quantitative skills are obviously necessary, but would there be any preference between say operations research/financial engineering, mechanical engineering, and physics at a place like Princeton?</p>

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<p>Go to their website. It’s self explanatory.<br>
What do you want to consult people in? Cooking? Security? IT? Art Buying? Architecture? Engineering? Management? Music? Law? Restaurant Management? Accounting? PR? Campaigning? Industrial Relations? Economics? Actuary? Pension? Finance? Real Estate? Theater lighting? Music? Transportation? Import Export? Cultural Relations? Marketing? Sanitation? Veterinary Affairs including food processing? Product testing? Research? Medical? Benefits Administration? Software development? Robotics? ??? etc.?</p>

<p>What are you good at?</p>

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<p>^Lol c’mon man, the OP is clearly talking about management consulting (he mentioned McKinsey and is at Princeton). OP, if you’re at a target like Princeton, it won’t really matter what you major in if it’s between those. All of those are quantitative and require problem solving skills.</p>

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<p>It’s not obvious because he doesn’t even know what he wants to be when he grows up. I trying to help him keep his mind open.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.mckinsey.com/careers/is_mckinsey_right_for_me/diversity_of_backgrounds.aspx[/url]”>http://www.mckinsey.com/careers/is_mckinsey_right_for_me/diversity_of_backgrounds.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>This thread may be of interest to you. I found it informative. <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/474315-what-consulting.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/474315-what-consulting.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;