<p>I completely agree with Sakky. Places like Deloitte and AT Kearney tend to recruit heavily at the 10-20 schools, look at UVA, Michigan, UNC - those two are the top consulting hiring firms. Contrast that with Sloan or Columbia, where hardly anyone even takes a second look at these offers. I know many who consider these to be “practice round” companies, where you can practice case interviews before you interview with the elite firms.</p>
<p>Also, The fact that all 7 M7 deans meet regularly and formed a group WITHOUT Michigan tells me Michigan is not in that category. Nothing shows me why Michigan is a top 7 school over any of the M7. To be honest, outside of you I have never even heard Michigan mentioned in the same breath as the other 7. Go to businessweek.com forums, ver few people even put Michigan close to the same category. I would guess almost 90% of those admitted at Columbia, Sloan, or Chicago and Michigan would take those offers over Michigan.</p>