Alumni perspectives
Deven Bhatt '07
Issue date: 12/5/06 Section: Student Life
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Starting with this issue, Fifteen will carry an interview of an MIT Sloan alumnus. We hope this new feature will help our readers learn from experiences of Sloanies who are now out there in the professional world.
For our debut interview, we chose Lilly Zhu '06, who is now an Investment Banking Associate at Morgan Stanley in New York.
How would you reflect back on your years at MIT Sloan?
Those were a very useful and meaningful two years. Personally, I paced it right in terms of exploring wonderful opportunities outside of the classroom. I had lot of fun and got to know a lot of people. It was a great way of connecting with people and I formed many close relationships. I have expanded my personal network greatly.
What kind of courses did you take?
I enjoyed more random-kind of courses. I liked Operations Management, System Dynamics (by John Sterman), and the classes taught by Tony Marciano. The professors we have are great. I also explored courses outside of MIT Sloan, like The Rhetoric, a debate class at the undergrad level.
If you were to go back to B-school, would you still consider MIT Sloan as your top choice?
I am very happy that I chose MIT Sloan. Because people are much more diverse, there is not a big crowd of any particular professional area (consultants, bankers, etc.). So it's been very good from the recruiting perspective. Finance is not the main stream, so I had a better chance at I-banking as compared to, say, Harvard or any other place. Also it was good for my personal growth as it offered a lot of flexibility.
We know you did a lot in terms of giving back to the community, such as the career coaching you did for the first years during your second year and the TA role for John Akula's class. What could we do on our parts?
My classmate Dingli Chen '06 is a great example. She was very much involved in organizing events. You could participate in Senate meetings to shape the academic programs, organize C-functions, do career coaching, and take up teaching roles.
For our debut interview, we chose Lilly Zhu '06, who is now an Investment Banking Associate at Morgan Stanley in New York.
How would you reflect back on your years at MIT Sloan?
Those were a very useful and meaningful two years. Personally, I paced it right in terms of exploring wonderful opportunities outside of the classroom. I had lot of fun and got to know a lot of people. It was a great way of connecting with people and I formed many close relationships. I have expanded my personal network greatly.
What kind of courses did you take?
I enjoyed more random-kind of courses. I liked Operations Management, System Dynamics (by John Sterman), and the classes taught by Tony Marciano. The professors we have are great. I also explored courses outside of MIT Sloan, like The Rhetoric, a debate class at the undergrad level.
If you were to go back to B-school, would you still consider MIT Sloan as your top choice?
I am very happy that I chose MIT Sloan. Because people are much more diverse, there is not a big crowd of any particular professional area (consultants, bankers, etc.). So it's been very good from the recruiting perspective. Finance is not the main stream, so I had a better chance at I-banking as compared to, say, Harvard or any other place. Also it was good for my personal growth as it offered a lot of flexibility.
We know you did a lot in terms of giving back to the community, such as the career coaching you did for the first years during your second year and the TA role for John Akula's class. What could we do on our parts?
My classmate Dingli Chen '06 is a great example. She was very much involved in organizing events. You could participate in Senate meetings to shape the academic programs, organize C-functions, do career coaching, and take up teaching roles.
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