Video: Considering an MBA
Many students do not enroll in business school until a few years after graduating, but many start considering an MBA while they are still undergraduates. Hear from five Northwestern alumni who received MBAs from the Kellogg School of Management, Harvard Business School, the Wharton School, and the Stanford Graduate School of Business on why they got an MBA and the undergraduate experiences that led them to their careers today. They touched on their time at Northwestern, their early career decisions, what it is like to attend business school, and their careers after receiving an MBA.
Topics Covered:
- Classes and experiences on campus that helped shape their career path
- Choosing a major and its effects on their careers
- How undergraduate and early career decisions affected their path to business school
- Experience at business school and how it affects their current career
Alumni Speakers:
- Elizabeth Liu ’05 (Psychology, Economics): Director of Category Management at Crowd Cow
- Kevin Salimian ’06 (Economics, MMSS): Managing Director at Lone Pine Capital
- Sterling Williams ’08 (Political Science): Corporate Associate at Greenberg Traurig
- Sophia Diaz ’08 (Sociology, Business Institutions): Director of Pricing & Packaging Strategy at Salesforce
- Julie Sawaya ’10 (Economics, International Studies, Business Institutions): Co-Founder & Co-CEO at Needed