Hey sorry to revive this thread but I'm quite new to the whole application process etc. I have had no prior work experience or exposure to the corporate world. I do follow the world market on a daily basis because of a few portfolio of funds and shares that my family owns.
How are you expected to differentiate yourself in the application process with regards to ECs? I have played a ton of sports competitively at school level and also interned at a micro finance research institute (but that's really the non-profit sector), debating, model UN and a few other less significant activities.
Apart from that - do your first few weeks of uni count for anything? If applications open up in October itself, you don't really have much time to use anything you might potentially take part in university..
Lastly, does a similar spring week cycle exist for consultancy firms like McKinsey?