My MBA Experience
This post was originally posted as “When One Door Closes…A Look Back at My Rady School Experience” on the Rady School of Management Blog on June 8, 2016.
I am reposting here because of all the questions about my MBA experience at UC San Diego.
TLDR: I highly recommend it & attribute a lot of my professional development to the amazing professors, staff & classmates
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In the fall of 2014, I moved to San Diego as a naïve 20 year old excited to start learning again. It had been a little over a year since I was last in school and all I wanted was to be intellectually challenged in new ways. Little did I know, this was going to be the first of many pleasant surprises waiting for me at the relatively new Rady School.
Surrounded by arguably the best faculty of any business school, I was exposed to an astonishing number of different cultures, perspectives and educational backgrounds that I rarely encountered in my undergraduate endeavors. I was very quickly humbled by the fact that I am no longer a big fish in a small pond, but rather a small fish in a sea of highly capable individuals. It was time to either start swimming or let the current take its course.
In retrospect, the desire to do more and truly get to know everyone around me helped shape my future for the better. What others call networking, I call connecting and these connections have changed my life forever.
In 2016, I joined Cisco as Program Manager in San Jose. As a member of the Customer Advocacy department, I helped represent the customers’ best interests within Cisco through the use of data analytics, business intelligence and managerial concepts that I obtained while pursuing my MBA at Rady School. To be honest, I wouldn’t have received that opportunity if it wasn’t for an amazing pair of alumni that connected me to my manager in 2015. Back then, he needed an intern and I was searching for an internship. Through the teachings of the amazing faculty at the Rady School, I prepared myself to push past any limitation and truly excel in anything (and everything) I set my mind to.
Professional development aside, there were also been several extracurricular activities that I had the opportunity to partake in. I served as Vice President of Technology Integration for the Rady Student Board, the Rady School representative for the Graduate Student Association (GSA), President of the Rady Technology Club, leader of the Rady Student Ambassador Program and a member for the UC San Diego Sikh Student Association (SSA). Being so heavily active allowed me to meet Warren Buffet, help launch the annual Rady [X] Tech Conference, feed the homeless in downtown San Diego and get to know my amazing classmates. I still can’t believe how much I was able to accomplish in such a short period of time. When people ask what my favorite memory at Rady School is, I say, “I don’t have one.” Not because there isn’t one that sticks out, but because they all left a lasting impression on my personal and professional development.
If I had to sum up my two years, I’d have to say that the power of the Rady School family is very real. Coming to the Rady School was the best decision of my life. I left with not only life-long memories, but also with life-long friendships and a future that was never brighter. Thank you, Rady School. Your ending is my beginning.
I received my MBA at the Rady School of Management in 2016.
If you have any questions about the MBA experience, drop me a note.