Sure - UC Berkeley students - no different than when I was in grad school, offering their services to companies to run projects for them - whether market research, product design or development, or really anything.
Trying to get real world experience.
I actually forwarded their note to the product team. It was sent to them too as it turns out.
I’m sure they pick a company, then industry, and contact people they find on linkedin or other industry databases.
I’ve gotten solicitations from other schools before - and we actually used Wharton a few years ago. At my old company, we had a student group too - I forget which school.
Just kids hustling for experience and hoping to land some interesting assignments.
@tsbna44 so really, this is students reaching out with really no knowledge of the credentials of those who will be responding. Is that correct.
I’m not saying many perspectives are not important. But if they want folks with consulting expertise, I would think they would be more targeted.
But this is all a little off topic. I’d do what @twogirls suggested, and if I were interested in this student run group at a college I was interested in…I’d take a deep dive into what the group offers.
I looked up the Consulting Club and these are their stated activities…
“The club provides members a number of resources needed to succeed in the recruiting process with consulting firms. Our activities can be divided into the following major areas:
Introducing consulting career options to new Haas students
Providing links to consulting firms
Helping with consulting applications and interviews”
I’m not sure why a club at UCB is being discussed on this thread (and in a lot of detail) as the OP is not considering that school. Please get back on topic. Thanks for your understanding.
Then I would suggest this student research such clubs at his colleges of interest and see what sorts of folks they actually engage. That is what will benefit this student.
The consulting club at UNC is an undergraduate club (maybe there is also one at the grad level).
Each club (there are quite a few business related clubs) has email contact information (presidents, co-presidents) and provides the website, which looks like a ton of information. I would definitely send an email to the clubs you are interested in.
I just looked at the undergraduate consulting club website. It looks like they offer a bootcamp (it passed) where there is networking with 10+ firms, workshops etc.
I also just looked at the undergrad marketing club. It says all students are welcome and there is a $20 fee to cover events, food, transportation etc.
This is very consistent with the “club” activities I have encountered. My bank sponsors mixers for several clubs at schools we target and are part of a group that invites multiple schools clubs to a “Women on Wall Street” event.
I would not anticipate clubs or club members being able to solicit and be awarded IB work opportunities given the inherent breach of confidentiality it would cause. You can’t allow non employees who aren’t subject to management oversight and employment codes of conduct to have access to proprietary information.
These clubs however are typically a great way to start to build a network, learn interview and recruiting tactics and schedules and gain some industry specific info.
Thanks all for excellent details on UNC Biz and what it takes to get it. However, I a still looking for any feedback on Rutgers HC. Shame that being in NJ, we couldnt get much feedback ourselves to be able to quantify its benefits over other programs or what industry thinks about it. Technically it has 500 students a year and is more than KF enrollment (350?) Lol but KF has more 80 comments here compared to say like 2 for Rutgers
Can’t you visit campus, talk to a student ambassador or two? Hear straight from the source!!!
The only person I know who went loved it - and is headed back to NJ after law school in Florida (having grown up in TN). Loved everything about Rutgers although I don’t know how to describe better than that.
Surely the school can set you up with some kids to talk to.
So UNC Chapel Hill has this North East Admitted students reception next week at NYC - we will attend that and hopefully we will get to see future “neighbors” if we chose UNC Chapel Hill lol.
Likewise, we will attend upcoming Rutgers Honors College Lunch event at NB campus this Friday. That will also give us a first hand experience of who he may go to school with.
He should research clubs for freshmen that are thinking about KF and email students. If he cares, he’ll do due diligence on that.
Rutgers Honors is terrific - excellent offerings, housing, the works. The legislature was tired of seeing bright NJ kids move away for college because they didn’t like Rutgers …and not return. So they pulled out all the stops to retain their brain power and future earning power https://publicuniversityhonors.com/2015/08/31/rutgers-honors-college-a-new-home-and-a-new-livinglearning-community/
Expect to meet really bright kids!
The main downside is Rutgers in general, ie., the split campus with buses etc. (though many students from NJ feel that its main downside is… being located in NJ ).
UMD is the best known for CS (in case he’s really into CS).
Northeastern doesn’t sound like he’s really into its model, but it does guarantee both his favored majors and even if well-paid/great co-ops aren’t as plentiful in tech he could follow the “one co-op” model only and should easily find something he likes if that’s something he’s into. If it’s not, easy to cross it out.
We visited Rutgers HC and as expected the Dorms and LLC were the main draw. We met many kids and it was full house. Dorms are the nicest we have seen so far anywhere. Personalized advising and resources were other incentives we could note as worthy. Overall first year experience would be waaay better than other RU and totally stands apart. That said, there is no dedicated Dining hall in College Avenue as it was apparently demolished for reconstruction. There is Atrium plus other places but no “dining hall” per se like in other campuses. But beyond 1st year, RU Screw as they say starts. That is now a draw-back!
Visiting UNC CH this weekend. Will keep you all posted.
Can you give a few more details for anyone reading?
Sounds like you found the Honors College as good as advertised and the rest as cautionary as mentioned but I may be reading this wrong.
What struck your child ?
For benefit of recent viewers to this thread, our child was invited to Rutgers New Bruswick Honors College through his top choice school (Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences, where his top choice CS is). Student also got admission into UNC Chapel Hill, UMD-CP for CS, Northeastern HC for CSB among other acceptances.
Through this discussion and otherwise, we narrowed down child’s choices to Rutgers HC (for CS) and UNC Chapel Hill for Potentiall Business.
Main pluses for Rutgers NB were Nice Dorms , Merit(almost all HC admits get 50% or more Tuition Merit atleast for in-state), personalized advising and priority course enrollment.
Last week, we visited Rutgers HC during HC Showcase for Admitted students and parents. here is our feedback:
Dorms - we can rate them one of the finest we have seen anywhere (if not the best). All admits are nearly guarenteed to get these dorms. Some or may be all of the Honors College specific courses atleast for freshmen year would be from same LLC (Honors College). For other regular (gen Ed or otherwise) clasess, students would have to walk if its in College Avenue or take RU buses (2 stops nearby) to other campuses. Apparently best dining in RU is in Livingston Campus and that needs a bus ride. However, College Avenue is main hangout place that includes multiple other options for food (panera, Atrium etc.)
We cannot quantify but all of the invitees we spoke to seems to have gotten Merit
Honors courses seems to be interdisciplinary but not all students might like them (Philosophy, Community etc). So based on your student these mandatory courses can be either fun or pain
Beyond Freshmen year, Dorms (2nd floor and above) are out of bound for HC students but HC building lounge and study areas are available. This would be a big plus if student stays in nearby apartments or has classes in college avenue or in general to hang out.
Mainly stuents seems to leverage HC for “further studies” like Pre-Med, Pre-Law as it can be a breeding ground for collective learning and test prep (MCAT etc).
For terminal courses(which typically end in a job) like CS, Engineering and Business if you are torn (like us lol) between prestige (say you got in a T-20, Biz top 10 etc) Vs Cost/Convenience (in-state, nice transition to college etc) then your predicament is justified. So if you know someone that have gone through this predicament, help sharing the outcomes - what they did and why
We went through the same situation last year only between UMD and Rutgers HC and ultimately decided on Rutgers HC. My daughters are CS majors. We felt that the benefit of better dorm, overall HC program and proximity to home outweighs slightly better ranked but equally crowded CS program at UMD. Whether it was right decision or not time will tell.
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Thank you