{"id":18508,"date":"2015-10-02T10:00:21","date_gmt":"2015-10-02T14:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/?p=18508"},"modified":"2022-01-26T07:01:16","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T12:01:16","slug":"friday-factoid-wharton-for-consulting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/friday-factoid-wharton-for-consulting\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Factoid: Wharton for Consulting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Perennially ranked among the top business schools in the world, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania\u2014as its original name, the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce, indicates\u2014is best known for its reputation in finance, which is still the school\u2019s largest department. However, if you are interested in a career in consulting but believe that Wharton is the program of choice for future investment bankers\u00a0<em>only\u2026\u00a0<\/em>well,\u00a0think again!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Wharton-School-Consulting.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-18583 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Wharton-School-Consulting-300x167.jpg\" alt=\"Friday Factoid: Wharton for Consulting - mbaMission\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Wharton-School-Consulting-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Wharton-School-Consulting.jpg 405w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Check out these five facts about consulting at Wharton:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Every year since 2005, more Wharton graduates have accepted positions in consulting than in investment banking.<\/li>\n<li>Wharton\u2019s Consulting Club is one of its largest student organizations.<\/li>\n<li>One of Wharton\u2019s most popular electives is \u201cStrategy and Competitive Advantage.\u201d\u00a0Professor Nicolaj Siggelkow, a prot\u00e9g\u00e9 of strategy guru Michael Porter, is notorious for pushing his students to clarify their answers. But if they use trite buzzwords such as \u201cadding value\u201d and \u201cframeworks,\u201d they may find themselves in the hot seat for 30 minutes of additional questioning!<\/li>\n<li>In recent years, Wharton\u2019s Consulting Club has hosted an annual case competition for first-year students; winners have been offered summer internships with Boston Consulting Group.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>For more information on UPenn Wharton or 15 other leading MBA programs, check out the\u00a0<\/em><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/shop.mbamission.com\/collections\/insider-s-guides\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mbaMission Insider\u2019s Guides<\/a><\/em><\/strong><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Perennially ranked among the top business schools in the world, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania\u2014as its original name, the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce, indicates\u2014is best known for its reputation in finance, which is still the school\u2019s largest department. 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