As a Corporate Communications Associate at a Big 4 firm, Nikita is very different from the traditional consultant/finance/tech MBA applicants. Some people suggested that she should have applied to a Master’s in Communications instead.
But Nikita’s goal to pivot into a leadership role in strategic communications in tech. For this, she wanted business acumen and strategic decision-making skills so she could speak the language of the C-suite. And an MBA filled those gaps perfectly.
In this interview, Nikita and Sam Weeks talk about how she researched the right schools, managed her anxiety during the application process, and bagged a total of $330k in scholarships from Chicago Booth, Yale, and NYU Stern.
The questions:
00:12 - Meet Nikita and Sam
00:17 - What are your statistics and background?
01:10 - How we met
03:10 - Admits and big scholarships
05:02 - How did your application differ from what you anticipated?
06:15 - How did you research schools?
08:09 - Why do an MBA as a Communications professional?
10:20 - How do MBA interviews compare to job interviews?
11:39 - Why Booth?
14:00 - What advice would you give to yourself at the start of this process?
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