Michigan Graduate Consulting Club: 5th Annual Midwest Case Competition

Deadline to Register: March 10, 2019 at 11:59 pm 

Michigan Graduate Consulting Club (MGCC) presents 5th Annual Midwest Case Competition for all graduate students (Ph.D., non-MBA Master, post-doc, MD, JD, and PharmD, etc) in the Midwest region. You will be working in a team of 2-5 to solve a real business problem to win a $1,000 prize and hone your skills to excel in the consulting world. Please check attachments for more details. 

To register for the case competition, please visit our registration page. REGISTRATION FOR THE CASE COMPETITION IS FREE OF CHARGE.

Important Dates

• Register teams here by Sunday, March 10^th 11:59 pm EST.
• Case problem distributed to teams via email on Wednesday, March 13^th 6:00 pm EST.
• First-round case response is due by Wednesday, March 20^th 11:59 pm EST.
• Finalists notified via email by Monday, March 25^th 6 pm EST.
• Final round presentation edits are due by Wednesday, March 27^th 11:59 pm EST.
• Finalists present to a judging panel of our sponsors in Ann Arbor, MI on Friday, March 29^th.

Competition Rules:

• Team size is limited between 2 to 5 group members; each team must include 1 graduate student (PhDs, MDs, JDs, Post-Doc, or non-MBA master).
• No faculty/advisor support
• Students can be from any discipline, and having a diverse team is encouraged and possibly helpful.
• Deliverables
• First round: 1-3 page executive summary and an additional 12 to 15 pages of a PowerPoint presentation in support of the summary, substantiating any analysis you may do
• Final round: 30-minute PowerPoint presentation to the panel of judges from our sponsors
• For final presentations on March 29^th, all the students are not required to be present, though full team participation is highly encouraged.
• All finalist teams are invited to attend the exclusive networking events on March 29^th.

For any questions regarding the competition, please contact mgccboard2019@umich.edu, cc’ing Feiran Li (feiran@umich.edu).