If a sophomore program disappears or changes, the main consulting path is still open. Those programs were useful accelerators, not prerequisites for landing a junior-year internship or a full-time offer later.

Use the second year to build the things the main recruiting process will still evaluate: strong academics, credible experience, leadership, clear interest in consulting and a network that gives you real information about offices and timelines.

Do not over-optimize around one firm's special program. Recruiting formats change, and a student who spends the year improving their profile is in a better position than someone who only waits for the next branded event.

Focus on securing a substantive summer experience, learning basic case skills and understanding junior-year deadlines. That gives you a durable plan even if firms keep changing early-talent programs.

If that program is gone, would a corporate internship plus a strong junior-year application be a reasonable alternative?

Would a solid corporate strategy internship be just as useful as one of the old sophomore programs?

I would probably spend that summer doing something substantive instead of chasing an identical replacement.

Seems like the real question is what you can show recruiters next fall, not the name of the sophomore program.