School dossier
Auburn University
Sourced facts
Beta Alpha Psi Consulting and Advisory Practicum (CAP) FAQ frames CAP as providing meaningful experiences while helping identify solutions to operating problems faced by organizations in the Auburn community. Cohort language: a new cohort is selected each spring semester for the year, with possible vacant slots in the fall.
CAP FAQ, https://auburnbap.com/cap-info/ (accessed 2026-10-23; HTTP 202 with content).
Same CAP FAQ states applicants must be initiated members of Beta Alpha Psi. Process language: short application, possible short panel-based interview, and a confidentiality agreement with the client. Time commitment framing: likely two to six hours per week, average three to four including status meetings. Meeting stamp: Mondays at 5pm on the current academic year CAP calendar link.
CAP FAQ, https://auburnbap.com/cap-info/ (accessed 2026-10-23; HTTP 202 with content).
Same CAP FAQ names Mr. Greg Heston, Professor of Practice, as CAP Faculty Advisor. State-of-program note: CAP had an inaugural year in 2024-25. Harbert College clubs and organizations directory lists Beta Alpha Psi under Accounting and does not list a standalone Harbert Consulting Club on access day.
CAP FAQ, https://auburnbap.com/cap-info/ and Harbert Clubs and Organizations, https://harbert.auburn.edu/current-students/clubs-organizations/ (accessed 2026-10-23).
General guidance
The guidance below holds for competitive consulting and finance clubs as a category. Confirm dates and steps on the club's own page or with its officers before you rely on them.
- Competitive clubs at most schools recruit once or twice a year, usually early in the fall and sometimes again in the spring. The window is short and often announced only on club channels, so join the mailing lists in your first weeks on campus.
- Club applications usually ask for a resume and short written answers, and interviews usually pair a behavioral conversation with a short case or a market sizing question. Treat it as a first recruiting cycle, because it is one.
- If your school has no consulting or finance club with a real application process, project based experience carries the same weight: student consulting groups, investment funds, case competitions, and research roles.
- Confirm every date and step on the club's own page or with its officers. This dossier adds school specific facts only when an official source supports them.