Talked to a Columbia 2004 MBA class alum today on the phone.
-She is currently employed at a HUGE insurance firm on buy side research.
-She had good things to say about her current job and why she chose research despite having worked for an IBank before enrolling at Columbia. I joked with her that I was aiming for a career from which she has run away!
-According to her IBanking is not for everyone, it is pretty intense and she wanted to have a life apart from work.
-She did say that the areas I am interested in: Energy and Commodities are pretty interesting.
-She thought that my background would be a good fit with Columbia
-I told her that I was concerned about the fact that I would be a career changer and have a PhD. Her response to that was: in her Cohort about 50% of the people were career changers. She thought the fact that they dont have too many PhDs is a correlation not a causality. So I would be ok.
-Apparently, the fact that I have an engineering background would we welcomed at Columbia as they like a diverse background
-She also gave me a few tips on how to handle the interview
-She also asked me get my essays checked by people in the financial sector that I intended to be in.
It was a very positive conversation and it ended with her saying that I could contact her anytime for more questions.
Time to start with the essays. This weekend, I should get going.
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