MBB wants to hire the best people (brains), not specifically folks coming from specific paths. This is how you find music or litterature undergrads and JDs, MDs, PhDs of all areas in consulting. If they are interested in your profile, they will train you in whatever you need.

When we look at someone's profile, we pay more attention to your school name, grades, leadership positions, internships.... than to what you have actually studied. Yes, we will adjust your grades based on perceived difficulty - but that's about it (I exagerate only slightly).

For argument's sake, let's assume you are a business major. I would then encourage you to do advanced statistics, finance, marketing, even accounting... all the usual suspects. My recommendation would be different if you were a STEM major. Early on in your career, an outsized part of your time will be spent getting data and making sense of it.

Bigger picture and longer term however, I believe everyone should spend more time learning about human psychology, communication, negociation and sales. These would be relevant in non-consulting roles as well btw.

Hope this helps; let me know if I misunderstood your request.

Best,

Guennael -

ex-BCG Dallas

Hi A,

From my side I would add strategy, management conslting, finance, analysis.

Best,
André