School dossier
University of Notre Dame
Sourced facts
Consulting Connect is an undergraduate initiative of Notre Dame's Meruelo Family Center for Career Development. Its pillars are Educate, Prepare, and Connect. It hosts peer mock case interviews, Fall and Spring Consulting Weeks (including The Connective networking event), case workshops, weekly case practice sessions, a Summer Case Chain, and an underclassmen mentorship program. Events are posted on Handshake.
Consulting Connect home, https://consultingconnect.nd.edu/ (accessed 2026-10-23; HTTP 200); Consulting Connect Events & Programs, https://consultingconnect.nd.edu/event/ (accessed 2026-10-23; HTTP 200).
The Student International Business Council (SIBC) is a student-run organization that offers Notre Dame undergraduates practical professional experience with companies. It encourages students from all colleges and majors to join. As of its published 2026 anniversary note, SIBC describes over 1,000 active members and 100+ projects across nine divisions, including Consulting and Impact Consulting.
SIBC About Us page, https://www.sibc.nd.edu/about-us (accessed 2026-10-23; HTTP 200); SIBC FAQ, https://www.sibc.nd.edu/faq (accessed 2026-10-23; HTTP 200).
SIBC membership dues are published at $30 per semester for sponsored activities, with additional contributions sometimes asked for travel outside Chicago. Members may participate in a maximum of two projects total, and at most one application-based project. On the Consulting division page, Bain, BCG, and McKinsey projects are labeled application-only with limited spots. Other listed firm projects publish meeting times. Confirm live project lists and application steps with project leaders.
SIBC FAQ (dues, project limits, eligibility), https://www.sibc.nd.edu/faq (accessed 2026-10-23; HTTP 200); SIBC Consulting division page, https://www.sibc.nd.edu/consulting (accessed 2026-10-23; HTTP 200).
Consulting Connect Timeline page states the majority of consulting internship and full-time recruiting takes place in the fall semester and that students should prepare in the prior spring and summer. Class-year framing: seniors begin full-time recruiting in August with many applications opening before classes, most interviews in September and some early October, offers often by end of October. Juniors face internship deadlines normally in late September or early October with interviews through October and offers expected by Thanksgiving. Sophomores see firm-dependent sophomore programs and immersions with fall and spring application windows.
Timeline | Prepare | Consulting Connect, https://consultingconnect.nd.edu/prepare/timeline/ (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.