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



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