Welcome to today's episode of the ‘Crack The MBA Show’ with Shiv Ganesh who is a graduate of the Booth School’s full-time MBA class of 2020. Shiv completed his B.E. in Electronics and Communications Engineering from College of Engineering, Guindy and M. Eng. In System Science and Machine Learning from Indian Institute of Science (IISc). Shiv had a GMAT of 780. Prior to Booth, Shiv worked at Deloitte Consulting, Amazon, Xerox and OYO. For his summer internship at Booth, Shiv worked with BCG Gamma as a data scientist. Post Booth, Shiv’s first full-time job was at Apple as an applied scientist in advanced analytics. Currently, Shiv is working with a sports analytics startup called Mojo as a data scientist. Through our conversation, we discussed Shiv's experience at Booth, MBA admissions strategies, academic experience, recruiting process, and more: 00:00  Introduction 02:00 Why MBA 03:23 MBA Admissions Process 08:32 Why Booth 09:56 The Chicago Approach 11:37 Networking with Students During Admissions Journey 13:04 Admissions Advice for Prospective Applicants 15:50 Wish I Knew / Did Prior to Getting to Business School 17:41 Pros and Cons of Flexible Curriculum 23:03 Random Walk 24:59 Housing – where do people live 28:36 Safety at UChicago and Booth 30:10 Favorite Classes and Professors 32:59 Must-Do Experience at Booth 34:39 Tech, Analytics, Management Consulting and South Asian Business Group 39:49 Recruiting Timeline at Booth (Consulting, Tech, Banking) 45:00 BCG Gamma: Day in the life 48:09 Full-time Job Search: Apple 50:53 Networking Tips 54:12 Mojo: Day in the life of 57:56 Advice for Aspiring Data Scientists 1:00:43 Certifications and Technologies That Are Valued 1:02:02 Parting Advice for Incoming MBA 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/