Who We Are

The Undergraduate Consulting Club (UCC) at the University of Minnesota is an organization of students interested in pursuing careers in consulting. Our club offers a diverse array of members ranging from Engineering and Business to IT and Liberal Arts.

Our areas of consulting include:

• Strategy and Operations
• Healthcare
• Information Technology
• Audit and Advisory

Our Vision

The mission of the UCC is to:

Educate – Offer students an opportunity to learn more about the consulting industry and the diverse opportunities in the profession. We will facilitate this by organizing:

• Information sessions
• Professor speakers
• Yearly kickoff event
• Consulting Resource Book

Offer Insight – Provide a venue for students to engage with leading consulting professionals and learn about their company and the services they provide through:

• Consultant guest speakers
• Site visits
• Mentorship Program
• Question and Answer sessions
• Information on website

Facilitate – Prepare students for the selection and interview process of consulting firms by offering:

• Resume Book
• Alumni events
• Case interview workshops
• Case Competitions
• Mock Case interviews

Throughout the year the UCC hosts a variety of events focused on assisting our members in reaching their goals of becoming consulting professionals.

The wide array of professional speakers we provide on a weekly basis ranges from professional consultants, leading researchers in the field, to faculty with consulting experience.

Most of the UCC’s events are open to the entire University of Minnesota but we retain some exclusive events for our members. Some of our members-only events include:

• Industry-focused resume critiques
• Mock case interviews
• Mentorship Program
• Networking soirees
• Site visits

All of our events have been possible due to the support and participation of firms such as Accenture, Deloitte Consulting, McKinsey, and The Boston Consulting Group. In addition, our alumni have received and accepted offers from several of the previously mentioned companies.

History

The Consulting Club was founded by nine undergraduate students: Razvan Stanici, Darick Leach, Justin Tan, Nicholas Hammes, Steven Ochs, Alen Osmanovic, Austin Loeb, Jennifer Beasley and Vince Phan in May 2011.

They noticed students at the University of Minnesota, although extremely intelligent, lacked the knowledge and resources to compete against top tier business school students in case interviews.

Several consulting firms mentioned that University of Minnesota students have the analytical abilities, but they lacked the soft skills and the ability to crack the case interviews. The founding team saw an opportunity to create an organization which could offer the support in building and refining those skills.

The ultimate goal for the UCC is to become the channel where students would learn in depth what consulting is, receive insight about the firms and have the opportunity to interact with consulting companies at the University of Minnesota.