By Tony Sampson T'16
Tony is a first-year student at Tuck. Prior to arriving in Hanover, he worked in bank regulation and capital policy at the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, D.C., where he focused primarily on insurance companies. Tony earned a Bachelor of Science in Accountancy and a Bachelor of Arts in Chinese from Brigham Young University, and a Master of Science in Finance and Economics from the University of Warwick (UK).
While most of our first-year classmates were resting from the Fall B term and celebrating Thanksgiving, five classmates and I headed across the pond for a hearty feast of networking, office visits, and company presentations. In what has become an annual tradition, Tuck students pursuing careers in the UK spend the holiday in the offices of various London consulting firms. The experience provides first-year students the invaluable opportunity to visit the offices, meet the London office consultants and recruiting teams, and get a first-hand look at the local office culture.
The Thanksgiving trek to London is student led—preparations for the trip began soon after we arrived in September. We met with a second-year student who led the London trek the previous year. She supplied us with the recruiting contacts at the firms; we did the rest. To plan the trek, we reached out to recruiters at the various consulting firms, connected with Tuckies in London, and coordinated the office visits and presentations.
Our London Trek itinerary was as follows:
Tuesday (evening)
Depart for London
Wednesday
Free day in London
Sightseeing, shopping, meeting up with friends/family, attending a football (UK style) match!
Thursday
OC&C Strategy
Monitor Deloitte
McKinsey & Co.
Drinks with London Tuckies
Friday
The Boston Consulting Group
Bain & Company
Saturday & Sunday
Free day and return travel
In the end, the trek was a success. Upon arriving at Tuck in September, I knew I wanted to work in London. The trek gave me a much greater sense of which London consulting firm was right for me, strengthened my network of London Tuckies, and gave me an even greater appreciation for a city I love—all critical components to beginning my future career in London.
(Main photo above at Bain: from left to right, Tony Sampson, Dominic Yau, Nicole Daniele, Alex Kremer, and Alex Macchi)
(Photo at right at BCG: From left to right, Alex Kremer, Nicole Daniele, Dominic Yau, Alex Macchi, Josh Mellen T’14, Vikram Dhindsa, Tony Sampson)