Study Guide
Welcome to the 2025 National Collegiate Consulting Championship.
This is your opportunity to land a job in consulting through your performance. We hope you enjoy the experience and find out if consulting is a career path you want to pursue.
This study guide will give you the basic guidelines to be successful in competition. Use this guide to help you fine-tune your skills. Pay attention to the eligibility requirements for each competition.
All competitors must be currently enrolled as undergraduate students in a college or university in the United States.
A faculty or staff member is not required to be present in order to participate.
Step 1: Submit a 1-page executive summary of your team’s consulting project. The project should be completed by March 17. The project will not be furnished by Baylor.
Judges will score each team’s project. The score will determine seeding in the bracket for Presentation Pro.
Scoring Criteria: Review the points individuals and schools can earn in each event. In addition to winning an event, points can be earned towards being named “Champion” for individuals and schools. Any ties will be broken by the sum of their top 3 student’s scores, then placing and raw scores received in Presentation Pro.
IMPORTANT: Students are welcome to participate in any event of their choosing. However, please be aware that event times may overlap. Successful scheduling is part of the challenge, and attendees should plan wisely. Please note if a student advances in a bracket competition, they may be short on time to participate in other competitions. Choose wisely and good luck!
PRESENTATION PRO
Up to 5 students working together per team.
Presentation Pro is the premier event. In this competition, schools will present their consulting project in a march-madness style bracket.
Tournament Structure:
Bracket Setup: The participating schools will be placed in a bracket, similar to the March Madness tournament. The team listed at the top spot on the bracket will present first, and the subsequent team will wait outside the presentation room.
Presentation Rounds: The tournament will consist of multiple rounds. The number of rounds depends on the number of teams participating.
Timing: Each team will have 20 minutes for their meeting (Q&A included).
Scoring:
Win a round = 200 points per student and 400 points per school
Participate in a round = 50 points
Champions receive 500 points per student and 1,000 points for the school
QUANTUM QUIZ
Welcome to the Quantum Quiz! This competition will test your knowledge and wits across a range of consulting subjects.
Tournament: A bracket format pitting students from two schools racing to answer questions at the same time. Up to 2 students working together per school.
Tournament scoring:
Participate in any round = 50
Win a round = 150 per student and 200 per school
Win the tournament = 1,000
Marathon scoring: Answer over a hundred questions in a race with others in the field. Only 1 student may participate from each team.
Points per individual and school. The Top 10 earn the following points: 1,000 points for the winner, 900 to second place, 800 to 3rd, 700 to 4th, 600 to 5th, 500 to 6th, 400 to 7th, 300 to 8th, 200 to 9th and 10th.
Each registered team will receive a slot in the tournament and marathon.
MAN VS MACHINE
Welcome to Man vs Machine, a single-round simulation where you will demonstrate your mastery of consulting.
Practice round coming soon. All students are welcome to participate, on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Scoring:
The Top 10 earn the following points: 1,000 points for the winner, 900 to second place, 800 to 3rd, 700 to 4th, 600 to 5th, 500 to 6th, 400 to 7th, 300 to 8th, 200 to 9th and 10th.
VIRAL
Dive into the fast-paced world of consulting in this interactive, room-splitting game that’s as addictive as scrolling through your feed. Participants square off in a room with a line down the middle. A question pops up on the screen, presenting two possible answers related to consulting. Make your choice by physically standing on the side of the room that corresponds to your answer before the timer runs out. Choose wisely—only those on the correct side advance to the next round, while the rest are dismissed. It’s a battle of wits, strategy, and savvy. Do you have what it takes to be the last consultant standing?
Scoring:
Participate in any round = 50 points for the student
Win a round and receive 1,000 points for the student and school.
There will be seven start times. All students are welcome to participate, on a first-come, first-serve basis.
See how it will look with a few questions on this practice deck.