<p>I don’t believe you have to be in the Business Policy and Economic Consulting undergraduate major to go into the Kelley Consulting Workshop as an undergraduate–I believe any business major is welcome.</p>
<p>Also, I agree with your father. IU’s MBA program has the “hard skills” Management Consulting major, whereas I think the “Economic Consulting” major at the undergraduate level is very focused on banking and not so much on private business firms. (My own son considered transferring to USC for this reason–because there they do offer a Management Consulting major for undergraduates–and because he was not aware then–as we are now–that undergraduates are welcome into the Kelley Consulting Workshop programs).</p>
<p>However, unless you live in California like we do, it may be best to go with the Accounting as your third major (as your father suggests), and not go to the extreme of transferring schools to get into a “hard skills” Management Consulting program. Even USC requires only four courses in this area, so the skills you would learn there are probably the type of thing the workshop program at IU-B will cover.</p>