Welcome to today's episode of the Crack The MBA show with Shivangi Gera from Wharton's full-time MBA class of 2023. Prior to Wharton, Shivangi completed her bachelor's degree from Lady Shri Ram College and worked at AB InBev India for five years in sales and marketing. Shivangi is currently pursuing her MBA internship at EY-Parthenon in New York. We discussed MBA admissions, why Shivangi chose Wharton, and Shivangi's academic, student life and career experiences after completing her first year at Wharton. We also talked about Shivangi's internship with EY-Parthenon in New York City.    Through this conversation, we discuss the following:  0:00 Introduction 1:20 Why MBA 2:59 School Selection & Admissions Process 11:21 Networking With Current Students 14:13 Surprise at Wharton 18:16 Wish I Knew Earlier 21:00 Living Situation at Wharton (tips for furnishing your apartment) 28:49 Building Community in First Year 33:52 Must-Do Experience at Wharton 37:20 Courses & Professors 40:22 Misconception About Wharton 43:05 Enterprise Recruiting (Consulting) 48:50 Banking Recruiting Timelines 49:15 Unstructured Recruiting Timeline (Tech, Startup) 51:24 Shivangi's Internship Recruitment Process With EY-Parthenon 58:36 Role of Career Management 1:00:47 Impending Recession 1:03:13 Parting Advice for Prospective & Admitted Students   Thank you for listening! — 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 serves on the board of the Association of International Graduate Admissions Consultants (AIGAC) - the primary industry association in MBA admissions. Nupur has also served as two-term president of AIGAC.  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/