Frequently Asked Questions

Our mission is to create a learning environment for both professional and personal development. We welcome students at all levels. If you are an experienced consultant, we have amazing consulting projects waiting for you! If you have little or no previous consulting experience, join us for our training program!

Yes there is! Our comprehensive training curriculum is designed to help you gain all the essential consulting skills that you will need. This semester-long Analyst program consists of weekly training sessions led by our Vice Presidents of Training, who served as an excellent consultant and project leader in the past semesters. In the end, you will have the opportunity to work on real-life projects as an analyst, gain insights on how consulting projects work by attending meetings with our clients along with the consulting teams, receive career guidance from our advisors and alumni, and more!

HCG was founded with the strong belief that skills developed in consulting, such as critical thinking and effective communication, can be applied to all kinds of careers. Consulting requires its practitioners to approach problems structurally and logically. We are not looking for people with the strongest business knowledge. Instead, we want people who exhibit leadership abilities, problem-solving skills, and most importantly, a burning desire to learn. If those are skills that you value and would like to develop, then HCG might be a good fit for you and we would love to have you on board!

HCG works primarily with life sciences and healthcare companies, including pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device organizations. We also collaborate with technology companies on projects focused on biotech, digital health, and healthcare innovation. Our projects span data science and analytics, market strategy, financial modeling, and operational decision-making.

Not at all! Our members came from different backgrounds, including Industrial Engineering, Computer Science, Statistics, and Political Science. We are looking for people who are eager to learn and contribute! That is the beauty of a college team — diversity.

Healthcare combines massive scale with real human consequence. Decisions don’t just affect efficiency or cost. They affect access, outcomes, and trust in systems people rely on. Despite enormous spending, healthcare remains fragmented and inefficient, creating problems that demand structured, analytical solutions. Healthcare consulting sits at that intersection. It offers a way to apply problem-solving skills to complex systems where improvements translate directly into better care. That balance of scale, responsibility, and impact is why healthcare consulting matters to us.