Words of Wisdom From A Booth MBA ’25

Guest blog by Michael Chao Spring has sprung in Chicago, and with that brings another flurry of graduations. A year ago, I wrote about my first-year reflections as a first-gen student, and harped on the importance of learning (deeply) how the world works through the many experiences an MBA offers. Today, that still holds strikingly […]
Post First-Year Reflections on Booth as a First-Gen Student

Guest blog by Michael Chao Being a first-generation college and MBA student meant that the Booth journey promised to be a “transformative experience for personal and professional development”. At least, that’s what I kept telling myself in between GMAT all-nighters and piecing together my two-year spend projections. For some – myself included – those words […]