But I Thought I Was Going to be a Portfolio Manager: Becoming a Successful Career Switcher in Business School One of the biggest pros to coming to business school is the opportunity, so rarely found in “real life,” to break into fields that are...
“Oh my god, how is it midterms already???!” Last year, around the beginning of November, that was my signature phrase. I moaned it to my Booth friends who mirrored my own wide-eyed panic. I grumbled it to my parents and sister (a chemistry major in...
Two years ago, I was in the same place as many of you: putting together my applications and thinking seriously and strategically about my career goals and how getting an MBA would play into them. I liked my company and loved my job as a professional...