Summer Consulting Project

The process for selecting the Summer Consulting Project (SCP) has been initiated. The SCP is Oxford's answer to the Internship programs at other 2-years B-schools. The difference here is that students work on a consulting assignment with companies as a team of 4 and not individually. The team is evaluated as a whole on the assignment, and the students are also expected to write a paper on the project.

The SCP is optional from this year, and the students in leiu of the SCP can opt for either two 'summer electives' or a thesis. The last option as per me is the worst unless you are supplementing that with an internship (another option at Oxford, which means you complete your MBA in 15 months). Students are becoming smarter, and doing this internship over the summers so that they still manage to complete the SCP in 12 months :) .

The project allocation process i very complicated. There is a Business Projects Office (BPO) that goes out to the companies for projects. These projects (with details) are put up on the BPO website where students have to show interest. Once there is decent interest, the companies come to school for a presentation, post which students have to form teams of four and pitch for the project, wherein you have to sell the experience and skill set of your team members, and convince the sponsoring company that your team is best equipped to do the project.

Will post more details over the coming weeks.......