Welcome to today's episode of the Crack The MBA Show with Karan Bains who is a graduate of Columbia Business School's full-time MBA class of 2020. Currently, Karan is working on Wall Street at Morgan Stanley as an Investment Banking Associate in the Financial Institutions Group.
Through our conversation, we discussed Karan's experience at CBS, MBA admissions strategies, recruiting for investment banking, and more:
00:00 Introduction
02:17 Why MBA
03:51 MBA Admissions Journey: Success Factors
08:46 Advice for Prospective Applicants
10:49 Wish I Knew or Did Prior to Business School
12:50 Housing
16:25 Student Life at CBS
18:28 Developing Bonds at a City School
21:20 Favorite Courses & Professors
24:22 In-semester Internships at CBS
28:56 Master Classes; Pangea Advisors
31:04 Wish Prospective Students Knew About CBS
33:07 Extra-Curricular Activities (Hermes Society, Career Management Center Fellow)
35:57 Hermes Society: How to Engage
38:23 Recruiting: Investment Banking Recruiting Process
50:51 Recruiting: I-Banks Open to International Students
52:52 % of Indians Who Went into I-Banking
53:55 Day in the Life of an I-Banking Associate
56:59 Advice for I-Banking Hopefuls with No Finance Experience
59:01 Does the CFA certification help in Landing I-Banking Jobs
59:41 Recruiting Outlook for Investment Banking in 2022-23
1:05:32 Advice for Incoming Students
Thank you for watching!
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