[crazygringo]

You don't seem to understand how consulting works.

The person making the recommendations isn't just out of school. They've been at the firm for years, and do have a ton of experience.

The recent grads are there for all of the grunt work -- collecting massive amounts of data and synthesizing it. You don't need years of business experience for that, but getting into a top college and writing lots of research papers in college is actually the perfect background for that.