Welcome to another episode of ‘Crack The MBA’ show. Our guest today is Keerthana Wuppulur who is a first-year student at Harvard Business School. Keerthana completed dual bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Madras. Joining ITC, she became a member of a start-up like founding team where she setup a first-of-its-kind greenfield US FDA approved plant to cater to nicotine derivatives in smokefree product category. Thereafter, Keerthana joined Unilever, becoming the youngest and first female manager to head the world’s biggest manufacturing unit of Pears soap bars. At HBS, Keerthana has been awarded over $115,000 as financial aid scholarship. Keerthana is a member of sustainability club, food and agriculture club, women’s business association and iLab. In a departure from traditional recruiting efforts, Keerthana is not sitting for consulting or tech placements and is instead applying to become a Rock Summer Fellow and is founding a startup, Next-Zero, where she’s building a carbon accounting software that will cater to the Indian B2B market space.

00:00:00 Episode Highlights

00:00:45 Introduction

00:01:56 Fun Fact

00:04:33 Winning Habits & Influences

00:09:27 Social Entrepreneurship Ventures in College

00:12:03 Experience Working with CTM

00:14:07 How to Approach the HBS Essay

00:19:10 HBS’s Evaluation Criteria

00:21:12 Identifying Key Essay Anecdotes

00:22:35 Approaching Career Goals

00:24:37 HBS Admissions Interview

00:30:36 Wharton Team-Based Discussion

00:33:50 HBS’s Unique Identity

00:35:08 HBS Class Profile

00:37:26 Section X

00:39:43 Dating at HBS

00:40:41 Flagship Events

00:42:51 Boston Location

00:46:56 Food Scene

00:49:05 Extracurricular Activities

00:50:47 Favorite Spot on Campus

00:51:40 Biggest Challenge at HBS

00:52:33 The Case Method

00:57:02 5 Ps of the HBS Classroom

00:58:21 Star Professors & Popular Electives

00:59:37 Speakers at HBS

01:01:16 Entrepreneurship Post-MBA

01:04:59 Rock Summer Fellow

01:07:30 Resources for Aspiring Entrepreneurs

01:09:14 Internship Recruiting

01:11:21 Parting Reflection

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Nupur Gupta is the founder of Crack The MBA (https://crackthemba.com), India's leading MBA admissions consulting firm. Every year, Crack The MBA's clients attend ivy league, M7 and other top MBA programs globally. Nupur is a graduate of the full-time MBA program at The Wharton School. She has been recognized by Economic Times among the 'Most Promising Women Leaders', by Business Insider among the 'World's Leading Admissions Consultants', along with other honors. Nupur served two terms as president and two terms on the board of the Association of International Graduate Admissions Consultants (AIGAC) - the primary industry association in MBA admissions.

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Welcome to another episode of ‘Crack The MBA’ show. Our guest today is Aishik Dhar. Aishik graduated from BITS Pilani with a degree in Mathematics and Computer Science. Thereafter, he worked as a Software Developer at Amazon in their Payments division and then as a Product Manager at Goodera, enabling volunteering opportunities for people worldwide. Aishik was a recipient of the Orange scholarship at INSEAD and graduated with an MBA degree from INSEAD in 2022. Aishik is currently working as an Associate at McKinsey & Company in London. During his spare time, Aishik is an avid theater, photography, chess and football enthusiast. In fact, Aishik has been to nearly 10 Arsenal matches at their stadium in the last one year!

00:00:00 Episode Highlights

00:00:39 Introduction

00:01:29 Fun Fact

00:02:08 Winning Habits & Influences

00:05:38 Experience Working With CTM

00:07:44 Why MBA

00:08:51 Why INSEAD

00:10:32 Essay Advice

00:12:30 International Motivation

00:16:20 Interview Prep

00:18:30 Admissions: Evaluation Criteria

00:19:16 Scholarships

00:21:10 Applying as a Younger Applicant

00:22:36 August vs. Jan Intake

00:24:07 1Y vs. 2Y MBA

00:25:24 Casing in 1Y MBA Program

00:27:00 Flagship Events

00:28:40 Fontainebleau vs. Singapore Campus

00:29:50 Biggest Challenge at INSEAD

00:31:04 Star Professors & Popular Courses

00:32:11 Consulting Recruiting at INSEAD

00:38:35 Why McKinsey London Office

00:39:27 Recruiting Outcomes for Indian Students

00:42:09 Tech Recruiting: INSEAD vs. US Schools

00:43:21 Consulting: Regional Salary Variations

00:45:15 Most Memorable Experience at INSEAD

00:46:02 Consulting: a Day in Life

00:47:22 Consulting: Case Staffing

00:50:11 Consulting: Recruiting Environment

00:50:57 Impact of INSEAD MBA

00:52:11 Final Advice

Thank you for watching!

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Nupur Gupta is the founder of Crack The MBA (https://crackthemba.com), India's leading MBA admissions consulting firm. Every year, Crack The MBA's clients attend ivy league, M7 and other top MBA programs globally. Nupur is a graduate of the full-time MBA program at The Wharton School. She has been recognized by Economic Times among the 'Most Promising Women Leaders', by Business Insider among the 'World's Leading Admissions Consultants', along with other honors. Nupur served two terms as president and two terms on the board of the Association of International Graduate Admissions Consultants (AIGAC) - the primary industry association in MBA admissions.

Follow Nupur and ‘Crack The MBA’ on our social media platforms for more updates:

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Disclaimer: The opinions shared by guests in this video in no way, shape or form represent advisory provided by Crack The MBA. Each candidate’s circumstances may vary, and our advice is always provided specifically based on an applicant’s specific profile.

Welcome to another episode of ‘Crack The MBA’ show. Our guest today is Aanchal Gupta.

Aanchal is a Consultant at Boston Consulting Group in their New York office. Aanchal recently graduated with an MBA from Ross School of Business, where she was awarded the prestigious dean’s fellow merit-based full tuition scholarship. Aanchal originally hails from India and, prior to pursuing her MBA, worked for four years at Fidelity Investments as a data scientist. During her time at Fidelity, Aanchal managed machine learning based solutions lifecycle across various business units and also acquired a US patent for one of her solutions. She completed her undergraduate degree in computer science and engineering at MNIT Jaipur, where she was a merit scholar and student placement coordinator. Aanchal has always been actively engaged in extracurricular activities, most recently being a peer coach, student ambassador and being involved with consulting club, Indian Student Business Association, Community Consulting Club and Michigan Code Academy at Ross.

00:00:00 Highlights

00:00:58 Introduction

00:02:00 Fun Fact

00:02:38 Winning Habits & Influences

00:06:26 Why MBA

00:07:23 Why Ross

00:09:22 Essays

00:11:14 Identifying Career Goals

00:13:14 Overcoming Weaknesses

00:14:58 Interview Prep

00:17:28 Admissions: Evaluation Criteria

00:19:40 Scholarships

00:21:13 Ross’s Unique Identity

00:24:52 Flagship Events at Ross

00:26:55 Life in Ann Arbor

00:29:14 Student Clubs

00:33:18 Biggest Challenge at Ross

00:36:12 Academic Highlights at Ross

00:39:51 Star Professors at Ross

00:41:36 Experiential Opportunities

00:46:38 Consulting Recruiting

00:53:28 Internship Experience

00:55:28 Day in the Life: Consulting

00:59:14 Current Recruiting Environment

01:00:27 Ross’s Impact

01:02:26 Pre-MBA Internships

01:04:33 Final Advice

Thank you for watching!

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Nupur Gupta is the founder of Crack The MBA (https://crackthemba.com), India's leading MBA admissions consulting firm. Every year, Crack The MBA's clients attend ivy league, M7 and other top MBA programs globally. Nupur is a graduate of the full-time MBA program at The Wharton School. She has been recognized by Economic Times among the 'Most Promising Women Leaders', by Business Insider among the 'World's Leading Admissions Consultants', along with other honors. Nupur served two terms as president and two terms on the board of the Association of International Graduate Admissions Consultants (AIGAC) - the primary industry association in MBA admissions.

Follow Nupur and ‘Crack The MBA’ on our social media platforms for more updates:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nupurgupt/

https://www.facebook.com/CrackTheMBA/

https://www.instagram.com/crackthemba/

Disclaimer: The opinions shared by guests in this video in no way, shape or form represent advisory provided by Crack The MBA. Each candidate’s circumstances may vary, and our advice is always provided specifically based on an applicant’s specific profile.