Filip Lempa ’11 – Members of the Wabash College Case Study Club spent this year’s fall break in a very productive way. On October 16th, the second day of the break, we organized a networking trip to Chicago. We met with Wabash alumni who work in finance and management consulting.

We left the campus early Friday morning and got to Chicago a little bit before lunchtime. Our first meeting took place at the WP Global Partners office where Greg Jania ’93, a partner at WP Global, hosted us for a delightful lunch. We were also joined by Jared Hall ’99, the Vice President of Aldine Capital Partners. They answered our questions about their work and explained the basics of private equity. Mr. Jania and Mr. Hall gave a lot of advice about breaking into the financial industry after Wabash and succeeding in business school.

The second meeting that day was scheduled to take place at the Chicago Deloitte office. We met with Brian Flanigan’ 96, a Principal at the consulting practice of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. Mr. Flanigan explained how to develop qualities desirable in the management consulting industry during our education at Wabash College. In addition, Mr. Flanigan provided students with many insights regarding Deloitte Consulting recruiting, particularly the case study interview. He also answered many questions about the nature of entry-level work at Deloitte Consulting and the industry lifestyle.

We are very thankful to both Wabash College and its alumni for making this opportunity possible. It was extremely helpful with future career aspirations providing us with concrete knowledge about both finance and management consulting industries. Especially considering the fact that this trip was entirely student-initiated, it’s truly amazing how much Wabash alumni are willing to help current students.