Sample cover letter for Internship position at BCG

Dear Sir/Madam ,

I am writing this to express my interest in joining the Summer Associate Programme at The Boston

Consulting Group . I am currently a penultimate year student at Imperial College London pursuing

a degree in Materials with Management . I was exposed to this programme by an employee of

yours at a careers fair who talked extremely positively about the working culture and the work done

at the firm . After reading more about the company and the programme itself I felt that my talents

align perfectly with what BCG is looking for .

My interest in consulting is fairly newborn and primarily originates from my desire and passion for

solving complex problems by coming up with innovative solutions . Moreover consultancy appeals

to me due to its diversity ; consultants get to work on projects which range from mergers in the

automotive industry to assisting health care organisations in expanding . I personally have always

been a “jack of all trades” kind of person and this was a major factor behind studying materials

science at university since I didn’t want to limit myself to a particular field . While researching about

BCG I have also had the opportunity to practise case studies available at the firm’s website and I

have particularly enjoyed the mathematically and analytically rigorous approach taken while

addressing the numerous frameworks of a case .

As far as the question “ Why BCG ?” is concerned I feel the firm’s mission statement

“Build.Connect.Grow” is the perfect answer to it . At BCG I’ll be working alongside like minded

individuals and experts from a diverse range of fields while having an impact on the society and

adding value to it. Recently I read how BCG consultants were able to save AU$ 30 billion by

advising the Australian government to implement the fiber-to-distribution-point technique for the

development of the country’s new national broadband network as opposed to the fiber-to-thepremises

solution which had been the government’s initial strategy . Opportunities such as this to

have a global impact is what really fascinates me about consultancy and BCG in particular.

I believe the scientific and mathematically challenging nature of my course has equipped me well

enough for the complex analytical challenges that consultants face on a day to day basis .

However I haven’t really limited myself to just science and engineering related courses . Over the

course of my degree so far I have taken up courses ranging from philosophy to Spanish in order to

broaden my horizons . Furthermore I have taken up a range of extra curricular activities in order to

develop my skill set . As treasurer for the Pakistani Society at Imperial I managed to raise £2500 in

sponsorship money from organisations such as Deloitte and Open London . In addition to this I

was an integral part of the organising team for Shaam 2015 which is the society’s flagship charity

dinner which more than 300 people attended and was given the responsibility of preparing the

event’s budget which was of over £7500. I am also serving as the Marketing and Media Officer for

this year’s TEDx Imperial ; my work mainly involves researching and implementing effective

marketing techniques . Such experiences have allowed me to hone my team-working , problem

solving , analytical and organisational skills . I feel these set of skills coupled with my desire to

solve problems in such a way that societies and organisations can grow would make me a valuable

asset for BCG .

I look forward to hearing back from you . If you have any queries do not hesitate to contact me at

aqdas.kamal14@ic.ac.uk . Thank you for your time and consideration .

Yours Faithfully ,

Aqdas Kamal