<p>I’m an international student so I didn’t apply for FA at any of them. What are the odds of transferring to Wharton once I’m at penn?</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-pennsylvania/1401143-wharton-internal-transfer-truth.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-pennsylvania/1401143-wharton-internal-transfer-truth.html</a>
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-pennsylvania/1180345-any-s-new-internal-transfer-wharton.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-pennsylvania/1180345-any-s-new-internal-transfer-wharton.html</a></p>
<p>There’s no data on internal transfers. I do have a friend who went from CAS -> Wharton and he said it was hard: they rank transfers by GPA and admit based on the rank. But I think they made it easier and to transfer in by making the process more holistic. Personally I wouldn’t go to Penn hoping to transfer and would rather play it safe at Columbia/UofC.</p>
<p>the reverence for the financial sector by prospective students is a little disappointing. do most of you know what consulting or investment banking entails? unless you’re a quant programmer at a hedge fund, you’re not using the advanced math or economics you aspire to learn, and it’s less glamorous and more monotonous than you think. </p>
<p>as jamesbond1 has mentioned, the apparent lack of recruitment can probably be better explained by lack of supply, not demand, for Chicago grads. Harvard has more students whose backgrounds, social skills, and networks allow them to more easily land these positions, but that’s not a quality of the school</p>
<p>I currently work for Accenture on a gap year internship. Even though I’m based in the London office, I know that Accenture recruits fairly well from UChicago. Our global training centre is also in Chicago. </p>
<p>Came across this yesterday as well. <a href=“https://careeradvancement.uchicago.edu/content/university-chicago-team-wins-2012-accenture-management-consulting-amc-u-s-innovation[/url]”>https://careeradvancement.uchicago.edu/content/university-chicago-team-wins-2012-accenture-management-consulting-amc-u-s-innovation</a></p>
<p>@peter1412, if you don’t mind me asking a few more questions – What year are you? I’m assuming that you are a second/third year before you took a gap year? How were you able to find the opportunity?</p>
<p>@darthvader1, that was very kind of you!</p>
<p>I think peter1412 is talking about this?</p>
<p>[Accenture?s</a> gap year programme |](<a href=“http://rickysixth.■■■■■■■■■■■■■/2012/01/25/accentures-gap-year-programme/]Accenture?s”>http://rickysixth.■■■■■■■■■■■■■/2012/01/25/accentures-gap-year-programme/)
[url=<a href=“http://careers.accenture.com/Microsites/uk-graduate/programmes/consulting/Pages/horizons.aspx]Horizons[/url”>http://careers.accenture.com/Microsites/uk-graduate/programmes/consulting/Pages/horizons.aspx]Horizons[/url</a>]</p>
<p>So this would be before attending UofC.</p>
<p>@TheBanker Thanks!</p>
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<p>So I’m assuming peter1412 is from the UK and had these tests taken? Or can SAT/SAT 2/AP substitute?</p>
<p>@jamesbond1 @TheBanker I’m a UK student who’s going to UChicago next year. I took a gap year between school and college so I have already completed A Levels and have my final grades. Still had to do SATs etc.</p>
<p>Yea, that is the internship I’m doing at the minute, Horizons. </p>
<p>From just speaking to colleagues who began in the USA, Accenture regard UChicago pretty highly!</p>
<p>I am curious how much Goldenboy knows about MC. I have worked at both McK and ATK (as an FYI, Mr. ATK founded McK). We hired the top students from most top undergrad programs (including Duke and UChicago, as well as Williams, Swartmore, Middlebury, etc). In addition, Goldenboy’s assumption that we looked specifically for Type A personalities is just plain wrong! The most important thing is a demonstration of the highest work ethic and raw smarts. And this might come as shock, but we would always ask about the SAT/ACT score and grades in specific subjects. The higher these are, the higher your prospects of getting an interview and eventually getting hired.</p>
<p>BTW, not much real “strategy” goes on at the top strategy consulting firms. The strategy function has pretty much been take away by the I-banks. Most of what these firms call strategy these days is primarily operations related. Any strategy that happens is low level, which then gets taken over by the I-bankers to bring to fruition.</p>
<p>The key is to get the best education you can get and then look for the best-fit career. And not be fixated on working for an HVA consulting company as they are not all they are cracked up to be (you can do just as well working for another company, as long as you do it well). As an FYI, some of the biggest strategy blunders made by my MC alma maters in the 80s and 90s were telling AT&T not to bother with cell phones as they were a passing fad (and to concentrate on long distance service) and advising the world’s leading airline (Swissair) to go on a buying spree. AT&T, hugely weekend, ended up being bought by its former baby bell and Swissair went bankrupt. And then there was Enron, a McK and HBS shop…</p>
<p>Moral: don’t be fixated on these, and be as dedicated to your education you can be.</p>