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Current Student

Joined: 19 Mar 2012

Posts: 4335

Location: India

GMAT 1: 760 Q50 V42 Verified score

GPA: 3.8

WE: Marketing (Non-Profit and Government)

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11 Dec 2019, 10:04

R1 decisions and Holiday season are upon us and we are feeling a bit nostalgic - how about a GMAT Club Runion? Where are you guys? What are you doing? How has life and business school been to you?
Please share your journeys, thoughts, impressions, etc - I would love to hear from you! I am using the format below but feel free to use your own!

School- Michigan Ross
Class of- 2020
Post MBA job- Product Manager (Technical) at Apple or Amazon - I am SO confused. Help me decide, you seasoned alums!
Current job- Still in school

What do you wish you would have done differently in business school?- Focus less on my finals and more on networking with tech startups. No seriously, I hope this act as a friendly reminder - GRADES DO NOT MATTER. As long as you are respectful and nice to your groupmates, please focus the rest of your time on recruiting and networking!
What's next for you?- Dominating the Indian food industry by creating my own gourmet Indian food trek - CEO at Butter Chicken Factory (Food Truck) continues to be my dream job!
(Optional)Please send us a picture from your MBA times that is close to your heart:

This is not a picture of Ross and Michigan but the first time I spent a week in Seattle and decided this is where I want to be!

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Status: Accepting donations for the mohater MBA debt repayment fund

Joined: 05 Feb 2008

Posts: 1833

Location: United States (CA)

Concentration: Operations, Finance

Schools: Ross '14 (M)

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GPA: 3.54

WE: Accounting (Manufacturing)

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11 Dec 2019, 10:13

Hi guys,

Hope ya'll well. It's been a minute, thanks for posting Souvik

School- Michigan Ross
Class of- 2014
Post MBA job- Worked at Apple as a Supplier Manager for 4 years, worked at the central bank in the US for 15 months as a program manager working on automation/process enhancement, now back in tech as a program manager in a software company
Current job- Support Program Manager (non technical) at Pivotal. Getting bought by VMWare.
What do you wish you would have done differently in business school?- Focused on grades a little less, networked a little more, done the MBA trek in year 1 (I did the trek in year two). I went to school with no sponsorship and a family (wife didn't work), so my ability to do things was generally limited.
What's next for you?- Figure out a side gig
(Optional)Please send us a picture from your MBA times that is close to your heart: This is a post MBA picture in the bay (I'm one of the people in this picture). Really enjoy hiking, so the bay is a great place to live since you can pretty much hike year round.

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CEO

Joined: 20 Mar 2014

Posts: 2535

Concentration: Finance, Strategy

Schools: Kellogg '18 (M)

GMAT 1: 750 Q49 V44 Verified score

GPA: 3.7

WE: Engineering (Aerospace and Defense)

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15 Dec 2019, 17:26

School- Kellogg
Class of- 2018
Post MBA job- Was at Amazon in operations, didnt feel challenged enough so switched after 4 months post graduation.

Current job- Management consulting (Tier 1 consulting firm)

What do you wish you would have done differently in business school?- Take more well rounded courses, specially the ones focusing on presentation/delivering messages, how do you sell and what it takes to be a great leader

What's next for you?- Stay in consulting for the next 1-3y while looking at potential exit to PE firms down the line.

Senior Manager

Joined: 01 Oct 2009

Posts: 354

GMAT 1: 530 Q47 V17

GMAT 2: 710 Q50 V36

WE: Business Development (Consulting)

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15 Dec 2019, 20:06

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School- USC Marshall Class of 2018

Post MBA job- Management Consultant M&A at Deloitte. Currently in the Bay Area

What do you wish you would have done differently in business school? - I am pretty happy with my overall B-school experience.

What's next for you? - short term, Im planning to switch into Corp Dev/ Corp Strategy roles. Long term, find good exit opportunities to Mid - High level Corp roles in India

Current Student

Joined: 22 Dec 2018

Posts: 31

Location: United States (IL)

Schools: Booth '19

GMAT 1: 740 Q49 V50

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School- Chicago Booth
Class of 2019
Post MBA job- Biz Ops & Strategy at leading fintech firm

What do you wish you would have done differently in business school? Taken more entrepreneurship classes, gotten to know more classmates at a deeper level and nothing more. B-school was amazing

What's next for you?- Looking to make an impact everyday at what I do - whether it is my job or the startup that I am doing!
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Joined: 23 Mar 2011

Posts: 1099

Concentration: Healthcare, Strategy

Schools: Duke '16 (M)

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16 Dec 2019, 20:38

Hey Everyone! been steadily-wild since I left the business school

Fuqua, class of 2016
Post MBA job - Management consulting
Spent 2 years in the US and now I'm back to Asia

What do you wish you would have done differently in business school?
- I wish I would have traveled more. I did plenty, but perhaps could have done even more

Also, take more finance-oriented and personal development related courses. Those are the ones that stuck with me the most and I often reference them even now.

What's next for you? - Stay in consulting for the foreseeable future. Although taxing, I like the job - working on different projects with different sets of people.

Cheers!

Director

Joined: 03 Feb 2013

Posts: 838

Location: India

Concentration: Operations, Strategy

Schools: Tepper '17 (M$), NUS '17 (A), W.P. Carey '17 (A$)

GMAT 1: 760 Q49 V44

GPA: 3.88

WE: Engineering (Computer Software)

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12 Jan 2020, 07:26

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Hi Everyone, How you all doing?

Tepper Class of 2017
Post MBA job - Product Manager, ServiceLink (Fully owned subsidiary of Fidelity National Finance)
I build products that enables Lenders and Consumer to fully digitize property mortgage experience.
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Helps to connect to future class of Tepper when I hire from Tepper School for my team.

If not MBA, then stay in Tech and become a Technical Product Manager

Future Plans -> Stay in FinTech. Lots of opportunities in FinTech. I am into Mortgage Space and lots of potential for growth and digital transformation. Highly regulated space.

Current Student

Joined: 22 Dec 2018

Posts: 31

Location: United States (IL)

Schools: Booth '19

GMAT 1: 740 Q49 V50

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12 Jan 2020, 10:01

MBA from Chicago Booth in the fintech space - worked at Credit Karma and now ar Venmo - 2 of the largest fintech apps in the US. Really good opportunities post MBA in the space. Happy to chat more on recruitment and cracking the interviews

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Joined: 26 Apr 2012

Posts: 82

Location: India

Concentration: Entrepreneurship, General Management

Schools: ISB '18 (D), NUS '19, NTU '18 (D), XLRI GM"18 (M)

GMAT 1: 640 Q48 V29

GMAT 2: 660 Q45 V35

GMAT 3: 680 Q48 V35

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16 Jan 2020, 11:52

School- XLRI, India

Class of- 2018

Post MBA job- EA to CFO in IT firm.

Current job- Bid Management in same IT firm.

What do you wish you would have done differently in business school?- Should have utilized school resources such as books in library, journals, Bloomberg terminals etc more. Should have been focused in academics as I realized that you can apply concepts learned in classroom to real world more frequently than you think.

What's next for you?- Still figuring out

I owe a lot to gmatclub for my MBA journey and post MBA also

. It has shaped my thinking. Literally, had a goosebumps while logging into gmatclub after 2.5 years or so. Thank you

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