Michigan Graduate Consulting Club (MGCC) presents the 2022 Annual Midwest Case Competition for all graduate students (Ph.D., non-MBA Master, post-doc, MD, JD, and PharmD, etc) in the Midwest region. You will be working in a team of 2-5 to solve a real business problem to win a $2000 prize and hone your skills to excel in the consulting world. To register for the case competition, please visit our registration page. Only team registration is accepted, but we also provide a teaming page for those of you who want to find your teammates. We also have a team build-up session on Monday March 7th, for those who would like to meet with other prospective participants before finalizing the team.

Important Dates:

1. Team build-up session: Monday, March 7th 6:00-7:00 pm EST. Zoom room: 96857126648
2. Register teams by Thursday, March 9th 11:59 pm EST.
3. Case problem distributed to teams via email by Friday, March 11th 5:00 pm EST.
4. Case response submission is due by Friday, March 18th 5:00 pm EST.
5. First round presentation (recording) on Saturday, March 19th 9:45 am-noon EST.
6. Final round presentation (live) on Saturday, March 19th noon EST.

Competition Rules:

1. Team size is limited between 2 to 5 group members; each team must include at least 1 graduate student (PhDs, MDs, JDs, Post-Doc, or non-MBA master).
2. The competition does not require any specialty knowledge and it is open to all majors.
3. No faculty/advisor support.

Deliverables:

1. First round submission: 12-15 pages decks + 15-min presentation recording
2. Final round presentation: 15-minute live presentation
3. For presentations on March 19th, not all the students are required to be present, though full team participation is highly encouraged.
4. The first round presentation includes presentation recording + a short Q&A session; the final round presentation includes a live presentation session + Q&A session.

For any questions regarding the competition, please contact Xinyu Liang (xinyul@umich.edu).