School dossier
University of Cincinnati
Sourced facts
Lindner College of Business student organizations directory lists Queen City Consulting as providing pro bono, high-impact consulting services for businesses in the Greater Cincinnati area. Advisor listed: Greg Harrell (harrelgg@ucmail.uc.edu). Same directory also lists Students Consulting for Nonprofit Organizations (SCNO) and Neo Initiative as separate consulting-adjacent groups.
Lindner Student Organizations, https://www.business.uc.edu/student-experience/student-organizations.html (accessed 2026-10-23; HTTP 200).
GetInvolvedUC CampusLink organization page for Queen City Consulting frames QCC as providing pro bono consulting for Greater Cincinnati businesses with personal and professional development focus. Applications language: open on a semesterly basis around mid-August and early-January. GetInvolvedUC CampusLink listed a meeting time of Wednesdays at 7 pm in Lindner on access day 2026-10-23. Confirm the current meeting time and recruitment window on CampusLink before relying on either. Recruitment update on access day: Fall Recruitment Process completed. Spring Recruitment Process around January with interest form / Instagram via Linktree.
Queen City Consulting CampusLink, https://campuslink.uc.edu/organization/queencityconsulting (accessed 2026-10-23; HTTP 200 / redirect).
Lindner portfolio feature restates QCC mission as preparing students to enter consulting through pro bono client work and professional development events. 2025 note: QCC launched Consulting Recruitment Bootcamp as a multi-week bootcamp with four three-hour sessions on consulting recruitment, structuring cases, analytical casing, and landing a role. Firm-event examples on the page are club self-description of past partners and are not treated as HSF outcome rates.
Lindner Student Organizations Stretch Learning, https://www.business.uc.edu/about/portfolio/student-organizations-stretch-learning-beyond-the-classroom.html (accessed 2026-10-23; HTTP 200).
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.