[ChromePony]

Thanks for the responses guys. Just to clearify, grad school for me would be in physics or maybe engineering, but not an MBA.

I was pretty much planning on taking a year off anyway, since a PhD program is a huge comittment and Im definitely not positive enough that its what I want to do to sign up right now. Im only applying to a few schools basically so I'll have an extra chance to get in and then potentially defer.

Im still interested to hear from other consultants if theyre out there, the lifestyle sounds fun and glamorous now but I can imagine that it might wear off pretty quickly. Thanks,