I have spent the last eight years in the military (enlisted) working various administrative type jobs. Now, I want to break into wall street and start a new career. I have been accepted to UPenn LPS. Do most recruiters/firms see UPenn LPS as a negative? I have looked on Linkedin; however, UPenn College of Arts and Science diplomas are what all LPS students receive, so they are indistinguishable from regular CAS students (it appears the only thing that might be different is my transcript). I see a lot of people from UPenn end up working on wall street after undergrad, but the majority of them are Wharton students.
Side note: I’m waiting to hear back from Cornell AEM, Georgetown MSB, Boston College CSM, and Boston University. If accepted to any of these institutions, should I drop UPenn LPS?
Any advice is greatly appreciated!
Honestly bro,
I think you will do fine at LPS. A lot of the WallStreet firms might see your expierence as a plus.
-Military Veteran in LPS who is trying to go into management consulting.
I see it as a great opportunity, but I’m not sure if I will be competitive.
Side note: I would love to hear about your experiences in LPS.
Also, is the transcript different?
By the way, I know quite a few Vets who went into consulting after going back to school.
I copied and pasted how the unofficial transcripts look like.
Unofficial Transcript as of: 05/10/18 09:48:51 AM
AT THE UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL
The Vets that go into consulting (Mckinsey, Bain, BCG) are usually Officers who graduated from Target schools (including service academies like Westpoint and Naval Academy).
Vets (enlisted) or from non target schools have good shots at Deloitte, Accenture, other second tier firms.
Quite honestly, I don’t know enough about how firms will treat vets in programs like LPS or Columbias GS program. Penn does not give part time LPS Students Career Services help (handshake is the website where you can apply to jobs and rsvp for employer information sessions) until they are 1year away from graduation.
Full time LPS students can use career services
I have interacted with quite a few Vets that were prior enlisted through LinkedIn who interned at the top companies you mentioned. I think the biggest difference is that officers have it easier. I am going to be reaching out to PE firms next week to hear there perspective on UPenn LPS. I would be extremely interested to hear what top consulting firms tell you.
@PalfromJersey I was going to PM you, but I have not located how to do that yet. I’m old.
I am relieved to hear that prior enlisted are working at top 3 consulting firms. Although I am still a little hesitant, but I will continue to hustle through.
I sent you a PM with my email. lets connect
I spoke to a student at Wharton recently about life in general. It seems that people in this generation only lack two things in their lives “leadership and focus”.
I am waiting to see what Cornell offers at this time. I like UPenn, but I am waiting to see which one offers me the best path to private equity.
@PalfromJersey By the way, you can join any group at UPenn. Look into joining the Wharton Consulting Group. If you are truly set on doing consulting reach out to fourblock (veteran organization).
I got your PM and will shoot you an email this afternoon (it is still morning in Hawaii).
I am in the same boat as I have been accepted to upenn lps and would like to break into finance/management consulting. @Zuko2018 have you decided on attending LPS and if so what do you plan on majoring in?