SAGE HALL—The highly exclusive business clubs have begun their brutal recruitment process. The infamous coffee chat is their weapon of choice, a formidable game of skill, wits, and mental strength used to prove a prospective member’s worth to the esteemed members of the club. One such meeting was overheard last afternoon.
“Me suit better, BIGGER than your suit, me think,” suggested Alex Ricardo ‘28, nineteen and a half. “Me and me much better suit go intern at Deloitte last summer. And what you do last summer?”
This brief account glimpses only a little into the complex thinking and rigorous selection process that keep these first-class clubs running at their usual high caliber. The far less wisened, inferior coffee chatter must keep her wits about her while she navigates this high-stakes social chess.
Michelle Rhia ‘29, eighteen and three quarters, skillfully replied to Ricardo’s brilliant query. “Yes, yes! Me suit less good, less WORTHY than your suit, me think. Me daddy just buy me most expensive suit he find, not tastefully selected like you suit. Last summer me only intern at McKinsey, me very behind, me know.”
Such verbal prowess was sure to not go overlooked, as Rhia reportedly advanced to the next round of applications after this masterful coffee chat, and now only has seven more to go.
