Industry Camps
Get a Head Start on your Career Transformation
Is the company that you want to work for not on the list? Take a quick search through the diversity or career sections of the companies on your career target list to see if they offer such opportunities. You can also consider a Pre-MBA internship. Check job postings on LinkedIn, SimplyHired, and VentureLoop (tech/startup), or create your own through your personal contacts.
ROMBA Consulting Trek
Trek to Chicago from June 20-21, 2024 to network with multiple firms and learn more about the consulting industry.
Is a career in consulting right for you? What sorts of skills make for a good consultant? This trek is designed as a learning and networking opportunity for admitted LGBTQ+ MBAs to understand the world of consulting. Participants will hear from a number of consultants and leave with the knowledge of differences between major firms, what opportunities there are to join the workforce, and an understanding of real-life expectations in this exciting industry.
The companies that participated in 2023 are: BCG, Deloitte, McKinsey & Company, Kearney, Bain & Company, and Accenture.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: ASAP
PwC The Strategy & Catalyst
Curious to discover what it takes to work in the dynamic world of strategy consulting? The Strategy & Catalyst offers incoming MBA students an unparalleled look into the life of a consultant and the meaningful work that sets Strategy& apart.
As part of this three-day virtual learning experience, you will engage directly with our seasoned consultants, participate in case workshops that simulate real-life business challenges, and explore the professional pathways that could await you.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Friday, May 10, 2024
McKinsey Early Access Overview
McKinsey Early Access introduces you to McKinsey and consulting before you start business school. As part of the program, you will connect with peers in the US and build relationships with our consultants in advance of the fall recruiting season and start of classes. McKinsey Early Access is inclusive of all backgrounds and helps support you as you start your MBA experience.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Monday, May 13, 2024
Inspire: Black, Hispanic & Latino in Business
Inspire is an immersive two-day event for incoming US MBA students during which attendees will connect with members of our host diversity networks, explore the potential of a career in consulting, and refine their problem-solving and leadership skills.
Through interactive activities, case workshops, panels, and networking events, attendees will learn about our work, culture, and people, and hear examples of how we strive to make our firm, clients, and society at large more inclusive and equitable. Attendees will enjoy getting to know peers and McKinsey colleagues during the program and through a series of interview preparation and connectivity sessions following the event.
To be considered for Inspire you must indicate interest in the program through the McKinsey Early Access application. When completing the application, you are encouraged to also complete the affinity interest form so that we can tailor your experience and engagement with McKinsey based on those interests.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Monday, May, 13, 2024
Kearney Diversity Boot Camp
Kearney is hosting a MBA Diversity Boot Camp again this year for historically underrepresented pre-MBA students. The Boot Camp application just went live and closes on May 20, 2024 at 11:59 CST. Boot Camp will be held at the end of June in Kearney’s Chicago office and select candidates from Boot Camp will be invited to an early invite process. This does not negatively impact those who do not receive an invite to Boot Camp or who are not successful in the early interview process. They are still able to recruit with Kearney in the fall as well. We will also be hosting an informational webinar ahead of the application deadline on Thursday, May 9.
Application Deadline: Monday, May 20, 2024
Webinar: Thursday, May 9, 5:00 – 5:45pm Central Time
PwC Consulting Preview 2024
PwC's MBA Consulting Preview offers a three-day experience tailored specifically for first-year business school students pursuing a Master’s in Business Administration. This experience can serve as an opportunity for you to gain valuable insights into PwC's Consulting Solutions practice and learn more about how to prepare for a potential MBA internship. By participating in Consulting Preview, you can immerse yourself in PwC's unique culture and build connections with PwC professionals.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Friday, May 24, 2024
MBA Brand Rising Leaders 2025
During the MBA Brand Rising Leaders Program, you will:
- Meet P&G leaders at all levels to gain an understanding of what YOUR career in Brand Management at P&G could look like.
- Gain an insider look at why P&G is rated as Most Innovative Companies by Forbes, World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune, Top 50 Companies for Diversity by Diversity Inc, and Top Companies for Executive Women by National Association for Female Executives.
- Build meaningful connections with P&G employees and other MBA candidates.
- Experience what Cincinnati has to offer.
- Interview for a 2025 Summer Internship
The program will be hybrid, with three virtual sessions in July and a 3-day visit to Cincinnati in September.
Offers will be made on a rolling basis, so apply early! Please list your business school on your application.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Friday, June 21, 2024
AWS HR Leadership Development Program - Pre-MBA internship
Interview Timeline: Interviews will be scheduled between April 15th and May 3rd
Online Assessment (OA): Applicants selected to move forward will receive an OA on a rolling basis
Eligible graduation dates: December 2025 and June 2026
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Monday, April 15, 2024
2024 HSBC Insights into Asia Early Careers Series – Opening Up a World of Opportunities
HSBC has lined up 4 sessions of online bite-sized learning from April to May – the 2024 HSBC Insights into Asia Early Careers Series. Students who are interested in applying to HSBC are welcome to join as it will be a good opportunity for them to learn about key areas that make HSBC unique and get a head start in preparing for their applications.
While students are welcome to join any insight sessions, they’ve created a dedicated session specifically tailored to accommodate those in the North America time zone ensuring that students in the region can conveniently join and participate. This session is on Monday, April 22nd, 2024, from 8:30pm – 9:15pm EST.
Register for the 2024 HSBC Insights into Asia Early Careers Series as soon as possible as it is on a first-come, first-served basis
L.E.K. Consulting Pre-MBA Program: Women’s Program
L.E.K. Consulting is hosting two pre-MBA programs to provide matriculating MBA students with valuable insights into strategy consulting careers. L.E.K. Consulting’s Pre-MBA programs focus on two candidate groups: women and underrepresented minorities (Black, LatinX, Native Americans).
The programs will be held virtually in June and participants will have the opportunity to attend seminars, network with the L.E.K. team, participate in practice case interviews, and learn about summer internship opportunities. In addition, program participants will be invited to interview for the Summer Consultant position. For more information, please visit https://www.lek.com/join-lek/lek-pre-mba-program.
L.E.K. Pre-MBA Women’s Program (Program from June 3-4, 2024)
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Friday, April 26, 2024
L.E.K. Pre-MBA Diversity Program (Program from June 6-7, 2024)
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Friday, April 26, 2024
BCG Unlock
BCG Unlock is a summer learning program that introduces incoming MBAs to the insights and experiences that make BCG unique. Through BCG Unlock, you can get a head start on the Fall recruiting season, building your skills and growing your network through a series of virtual events.
BCG Unlock programming is optional and virtual, designed to easily fit into your summer schedule even if you are still working full-time.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Sunday, April 28, 2024
BCG Empower
BCG Empower is a three-day invite-only workshop within BCG Unlock for select participants who identify as Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino, and/or Native American/Alaska Native/Indigenous.
To learn more, BCG will be hosting an info session on Monday, April 2 from 7:00-8:00pm ET. Register here to receive a Zoom link and additional information. BCG will also share the recorded session with registrants following the event.
BCG will notify all Empower applicants in late May if they have been invited to participate.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Sunday, April 28, 2024
Both the Unlock registration and Empower application will ask you to select your current top three office preferences (not binding and can be later updated). BCG will also be hosting System Open Houses in early April to provide more about the offices in various regions (Southeast, Southwest, West, Mid-Atlantic, Great Lakes, Northeast, Canada).
Experience Bain
Whether you know consulting is where you want to be, or you’re still exploring your options, Bain’s virtual pre-MBA program, ExperienceBain, will help you put your best foot forward at school and in your future career. You’ll leave with new skills, experiences and connections with our people, our affinity groups and your future classmates.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Consulting 101 Panel | Road to Kearney Webinar
Join our Kearney consultants to learn more about a career in consulting. Our Business Analysts will give you advice on recruiting and walk you through the type of work consultants do.
As a global consulting partnership in more than 40 countries, our people make us who we are. We’re individuals who take as much joy from those we work with as the work itself. Driven to be the difference between a big idea and making it happen, we help our clients break through.
Because we’re big enough to make real impact but small enough to stay connected, working here means getting into it and making your mark. Never sitters on the sidelines, we’re doers by nature and count on everyone to join in. This is a place to let your ideas out and make it happen.
EVENT DATE: Thursday, May 2, 2024, 5:00 – 5:45pm CT
Building and Supporting Excellence (BASE) Scholars
In addition to ExperienceBain, we are hosting our annual Building and Supporting Excellence (BASE) Scholars Program in all our US and Toronto offices. This program is dedicated to pre-MBA students who identify as Black, Latinx or Native American.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Sunday, May 5, 2024
Clorox MBA Brand Camp
Join us for the 2nd annual Clorox MBA Brand Camp! This 3-day program is designed to attract top diverse students entering their first year of business school interested in pursuing a career in Brand Management.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: TBD
Disney Data & Analytics Conference Women Scholarship
Disney Data & Analytics Women offers 4 awards to attend a 2-day Disney Data & Analytics Conference in Orlando during August 15 - 16, 2023. Each award includes registration for the 2023 Disney Data & Analytics Conference, round trip coach-class air transportation from a major commercial airport in the continental United States, near the award recipient's residence to Orlando, hotel stay at Disney's Coronado Springs Resort, meals, and a networking lunch dedicated to Disney Data & Analytics Women.
PROGRAM DATE: TBD
APPLICATION DEADLINE: TBD
Forté Financial Services FAST Track
Make an impact with your MBA and find your financial niche. At our one-and-a-half day conference, you will explore endless financial career possibilities — from investment and private wealth management to investment banking and portfolio management.
PRIORITY DEADLINE: TBD
FINAL DEADLINE: TBD
Forté MBA Women of Color Pre-Conference Symposium
An exclusive event for incoming African American/Black, Hispanic/Latinx, and Native American MBA women.
This pre-conference symposium in Dallas,TX on June 15 will empower historically underrepresented MBA women of color through vulnerable, real-talk conversations, and panels and networking opportunities. Incoming African American/Black, Hispanic/Latinx, and Native American MBA women who are registered to attend the 2023 Forté MBA Women’s Leadership Conference are invited to attend this very special pre-conference session.
PRIORITY DEADLINE: TBD
FINAL DEADLINE: TBD
Forté MBA Women's Leadership Conference
Meet hundreds of like-minded women MBA students at this two-day conference and start slaying the business world before you even begin your MBA. Learn from highly-successful business leaders how to develop stand-out skills and project an authentic leadership style while building a powerful network of impressive colleagues.
PRIORITY DEADLINE: TBD
FINAL DEADLINE: TBD
P&G Brand Camp
Come Learn From The World’s Best Marketers During Procter & Gamble’s Brand Camp
Did you know P&G invented the concept of branding and data-driven brand management? Over the years, P&G’s Brand Management has remained a forward-thinking powerhouse behind building the largest, most influential brands around the globe. Above all, P&G Brand Management is about growing our Brands, Business, and People.
We are looking for the world's best marketing pros who follow one simple concept: "Consumer is boss". Working in brand management at P&G means being more than just a marketer, it means being a total business owner. Our core work regularly crosses traditional functional lines to identify consumer insights and execute varying marketing tactics that continue to deepen the ways in which P&G connects with its customers. Through data driven strategies, we lead the vision and execution of touching and improving 5 billion lives daily.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: TBD
JumpStart MBA Financial Services & Consulting Diversity Forum
We are excited to host the first Path to Consulting for incoming diverse MBA students in Chicago, IL. This event will take place on May 19th. We have great representation across a number of top consulting firms hoping to meet you!
This is an invite-only event. In order to be considered, you must complete this survey, provide a resume and a MBA admission letter. Prior to attending the event, you will also have a prep conversation with JumpStart’s Head of Recruiting.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: TBD
L.E.K. 2023 Virtual Informational Series
Join us for a special virtual informational series, A Look Inside L.E.K. Throughout this series, you will have the opportunity to learn how L.E.K. is making an impact, not just within the firm but globally as well.
Morgan Stanley MBA Early Insights Program
APPLICATION DEADLINE: TBD
Bank of America Merrill Lynch MBA Diversity Fellowship Program
To be announced.
Barclays MBA Ambition Program
To be announced.
BCG Tokyo Virtual Receptions
To be announced.
Citi ICG MBA Fellowship
To be announced.
CPG Camp
To be announced.
Credit Suisse MBA IBCM Diversity Mentor Program
To be announced.
Meet Deloitte Consulting
To be announced.
Delta Airlines Pre-MBA Diversity Reception
To be announced.
General Mills Brand Camp
To be announced.
Goldman Sachs MBA Women's Summit
To be announced.
Google Student Veteran Summit
To be announced.
J.P. Morgan MBA Early Advantage Program for Investment Banking
To be announced.
J.P. Morgan Inside the Industry Program (Asia)
To be announced.
Proud to Be Experience
To be announced.
J.P. Morgan Winning Women Experience
To be announced.
J.P. Morgan Launching Leaders Experience
To be announced.
Wells Fargo Securities MBA Diversity Summit
To be announced.
MBA JumpStart
To be announced.
McKinsey Japan Pre-MBA Women’s Networking Event
To be announced.
McKinsey Pre-MBA Global Networking events
To be announced.
McKinsey Japan Session with Consultants
To be announced.
McKinsey Japan Pre-MBA Seminar 2022
To be announced.
National Association of Women MBAs Annual Conference & Career Fair
To be announced.
Nestlé Brand Boot Camp for Diverse Leaders of Tomorrow
To be announced.
Watertower Group Pre-MBA Intern
William Blair LIFT MBA Program
To be announced.
EY-Parthenon Connect Day
EY-Parthenon Connect Day is an opportunity for pre-MBA students, with a strong preference for students who self-identify as Black/ African American, Latinx/Hispanic, Native American or multiracial, to learn more about strategy consulting as a career path.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: TBD
EY Consulting Elevate
EY Consulting Elevate (“Elevate”) is a pre-MBA diversity leadership series, dedicated to inspiring you to discover your purpose and become the transformative leader the world needs. This program is an opportunity for students entering business school in the fall of 2023. Selected attendees will engage in virtual and in-person programming, hear from influential leaders within our Consulting organization, develop relevant skills, and learn how to successfully launch a career in consulting. In addition, the conference will help you learn more about the culture, people and opportunities at EY.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: TBD