Building and Supporting Excellence (BASE)
Employment type
Program
Location(s)
Atlanta | Austin | Boston | Chicago | Dallas | Denver | Houston | Los Angeles | New York | San Francisco + 3 offices
Description & Requirements
The BASE program was originally established as an avenue to provide initial exposure and a chance to learn about a career in professional services to MBA students whose backgrounds are often underrepresented in the profession.
Designed to help you succeed in your MBA and beyond
We welcome Black, Hispanic/Latin American and Indigenous pre-MBA students to join us for a weeklong immersive look inside the exciting world of strategy consulting.
BASE Camp is an in-person experience where you’ll receive plenty of support before and after to ensure you get a good sense for what this work is like. You’ll participate in a full day of training and be staffed to a case team, handling a component of a client consulting project. Throughout the week, you'll enjoy a variety of social activities, experience our unique culture, and hear from business leaders and mentors, including many who belong to our Black at Bain and Familia at Bain affinity groups. It’s an opportunity to sharpen your business acumen and see what you could gain from a career at Bain.
It's a great start to your business school experience and whatever lies beyond. Upon completing the program, if you are excited to further explore consulting as a career path, you will have an opportunity to learn more about joining as a Summer Associate.
Build a community of peers and mentors
Befriend like-minded individuals in your program.
During the program, you’ll have an opportunity to learn about and apply for our Summer Associate internship.
Create relationships across the firm that you can enrich throughout your time in business school.
How to apply for this program
We are hoping to connect with individuals whose perspectives and experiences are historically underrepresented in our industry.
This program is for individuals who are Black, Hispanic/Latin American, or Indigenous (Native American, Alaska Native, Inuit, Métis and First Nations), and who have accepted an offer to start a full-time two-year MBA program in the fall. We currently do not accept part-time or Executive MBA students.
Apply to BASE
Applications are now open for our 2025 program and will close Sunday, May 4th, 2025 at 11:59 pm PST. BASE Camp will take place during the week of July 21st – 25th or July 28th – August 1st, 2025. Selected participants will only attend one of these weeks.
Application Requirements
- Resume
- Test scores if applicable (not required)
- Bain office(s) of interest
- Digital assessment
- After the application deadline, applicants will receive a link to take our digital assessment.
Frequently asked questions
- Will BASE Camp be in person?
- Can I apply to both BASE and ExperienceBain? How are they different?
- Which offices host the BASE program?
- If I am not selected for BASE, can I still apply to Bain in the future?
- Are international students eligible to apply to BASE?
- How should I choose a Bain office location when submitting an application?
The BASE Experience at firsthand
Register for one of our upcoming fireside chats to meet former BASE Scholars, learn about the application and how to effectively prepare for the BASE case interviews.
