This is a great place to work right after college. You are surrounded by very motivated and intelligent young professionals who were definitely the top of their class as an undergrad. The work here is very challenging, never boring, and you're constantly working on different teams. The experience you get from working on these projects and working with your project leader is unrivalved.

There is a lot of client interaction at BCG. Most of the work we do is very useful to the client. At times, I can feel like the work we do is just superficial in the sense that we make the analysis prettier and visually more appealing to get the Partner to notice our abilities.

I have been constantly changing from client to client and project to project. Although this is fun (and expected from Consultants), it can be very taxing at times. Travel can be brutal if you are staffed on a project that requires you to be at the client site 4 days out of the week. I'm not burnt out yet, but if I don't slow down, I probably will need to take a long break/vacation.

The project managers get to choose who we want working for the team. We always choose the top performers to join our team. If you are not a top performer, then you may get stuck on projects that are not that thrilling or you may get stuck with a project leader who doesn't work well with you. Do well in the company and you will receive the best projects to work on.