Firm programmes
Firms run workshops, insight days and early-access programmes that open doors before the main process does. These guides read each programme's own page for eligibility, dates and what it actually leads to. Several of these pages change substantially between seasons or disappear without announcement, so each guide carries the date it was read and says plainly when a programme's status is unclear.
12 guides.
McKinsey Pre-MBA 2026: Early Access and the Solve Rule
McKinsey's pre-MBA channel in full: Early Access, Inspire, the Women's Series, and the twelve-month Solve rule that is the only durable thing the form buys.
Bain BASE: One Week, a Scholar Title, and No Dates
BASE is the only Bain exploratory program that publishes a length and a name for its participants. It publishes no deadline, and no year of MBA either.
Bain BEL 2026: Dates, Eligibility and the One Application
Bain BEL 2026 dates, eligibility and deadline, read live from Bain: a 1.5-day program on February 4 and 5, applications closing 30 November 2026 at 11:59PM PT.
Bain CREW: The Only One of the Three That Names a Year
CREW names the year of study its siblings leave blank, and reaches two Canadian cities they do not. What Bain publishes, and the six things it never says.
BCG Growing Future Leaders: The Page That Went Quiet
GFL eligibility was rewritten twice, then the page was emptied in mid-2025. Six dated archive captures, and what a second-year student should do instead.
BCG Unlock 2026: The Deadline That Does Not Close Yet
BCG says late Unlock registrations are still reviewed on a rolling basis. The eligibility sentence, the 41 schools it names, and what the program cannot do.
Bridge to BCG: Six Degree Paths, One Hard Exclusion
Bridge is a workshop and a job application at once. The six eligible paths, the MBA rule that shuts people out, and the final-round promise read carefully.
Deloitte Discovery Internship: Five Postings Disagree
Discovery eligibility, length and pay change by business unit, and Deloitte deleted the program page. What the archived requisitions actually required.
EY Launch Internship: The Program EY Stopped Listing
The EY Launch internship lost its blurb in late 2025, and EY's board now shows 92 roles with none named Launch. What the archived postings said, pay included.
KPMG Embark Scholars: Eligibility Rewritten in 2025
Embark now requires first-generation or community college status. The semesters rule, the published salary range, and a 95% offer claim KPMG never made.
McKinsey Insight: Who Qualifies, and the May 4 Catch
Insight admits three of the seven degree paths McKinsey calls APD. The Chicago dates, the March interest form, and the early interview deadline two days later.
McKinsey Inspire 2026: Dates, Eligibility, One Form
Inspire has no application of its own. The graduation year that gates it, the four dates McKinsey published, and the six-week gap the firm never explains.