Why is it that management consulting jobs seem to be regarded as some sort of wonder-job that guarantees success? It's certainly a great field and definitely he

Why is it that management consulting jobs seem to be regarded as some sort of wonder-job that guarantees success? It's certainly a great field and definitely helps, but I think whether or not you can become a management consultant after your stint at an Ivy is hardly the measure of "success" and "impact" that the author of this article connotes. Here's the straight dope: We need more engineers. Real innovators and builders, who can create real value with their own hands, and not through meetings and Powerpoint Decks. And if higher SAT scores mean that people can build things that really solve problems and are valuable, then hell yes there is impact. I suspect there's less correlation there between SAT scores and success than whether you got that great job out of college.