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! — 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/