School dossier
University of Delaware
Sourced facts
Lerner College feature on Delaware Consulting Club (published April 1, 2025) states the club was co-founded in summer 2024 with a first official semester in fall 2024. Mission language: prepare students for consulting careers through real-world projects, skill-building, and industry connections. Meeting language in the feature: every Wednesday at 5:15 p.m. in the Geltzeiler Trading Center in Purnell Hall, with approximately 25 active members at the time of the feature. LinkedIn handle referenced: Delaware Consulting Club.
Lerner Delaware Consulting Club feature, https://lerner.udel.edu/seeing-opportunity/delaware-consulting-club/ (accessed 2026-10-23; HTTP 200).
Same Lerner feature describes an external casework initiative partnering with nonprofits, charities, and other local organizations, with student teams serving as consultants on real challenges. Founding story references Capital One Consult for America and a Deloitte Case Competition as inspiration for starting the club.
Lerner Delaware Consulting Club feature, https://lerner.udel.edu/seeing-opportunity/delaware-consulting-club/ (accessed 2026-10-23; HTTP 200).
Lerner Student Groups hub lists Delaware Consulting Club among nearly 30 Lerner student groups and links the same feature as the club installment. Confirm current join steps on club channels.
Lerner Student Groups, https://lerner.udel.edu/why-lerner/student-experience/lerner-student-groups/ (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.