Starting salary - about 7k a month before bonus

Travel - expect to travel every week Monday to Thursday unless you are fortunate enough to be on a local case

Does it make sense to do it? Yes if you are fresh graduate. It's good exposure, pays relatively well, and you can use it as a step to other jobs. Few people start and end their careers in consulting though - too much burnout and people usually want to move on after a few years of making slide decks.

What does it take to get in? Pass the resume screening which means top grades from top overseas or local Universities. When invited for interviews pass successive rounds of tough case interviews. Overall perhaps less than 5 percent who submit their resumes get an offer at a mbb

Source: been there done that at one of the mbb