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College Insiders
Author: Karming & Laura
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Hi! This podcast is hosted by Karming and Laura. We are recent graduate business students from McGill University. College is not an easy path and asking for advices may often be harder than what people think. Our goal is to interview graduating students or alumni from different backgrounds to help listeners gain insight about different fields and potential opportunities. Feel free to contact us via email to provide feedback or if you would like to share your experience! : )
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Cathy shares her journey as a UX Designer!Support the show (https://www.facebook.com/College-Insiders-1038208333032423/)
Hey guys, its been quite a hectic few months and we have made it official to take a break from College Insiders. But before then, I want to share 2 final episodes with you all! So here is Sunny, who was a Korean trainee but eventually decided to go into medicine : )Support the show (https://www.facebook.com/College-Insiders-1038208333032423/)
Stephanie Yee, a PhD in Molecular Biology, joins us to talk about getting back up from failures, learning about yourself, and how she got into consulting.Support the show
In this unique episode, while Yuliya shares her journey to becoming an intern consultant, we focus on the attitude and mentality when going through the ups and downs of school and career search. We touch on topics such as motivation, finding yourself, and mental health. For this episode, we hope to inspire students who currently are lost, struggling, or just looking for a bit of motivation! Please feel free to reach out to Yuliya: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yuliya-novosad/Support the show
Tony is an aspiring entrepreneur who was a cognitive science major and philosophy minor. He joins us to share his holistic approach to be interdisciplinary but the tradeoff it comes being in the field of research, as well as the challenges he faces as an entrepreneur. In this episode, Tony and I also touch upon interesting topics such as the "gap" between science, innovation, and business. Feel free to reach out to Tony at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonylimingwang/Support the show
Jennifer is a recent graduate student from McGill University, who has a passion for event planning. Today she joins the podcast to talk about the value in being involved in activities not necessarily related to one's degree.Please feel free to reach out to Jennifer here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferkyl/Support the show
Melody Zhang is a recent graduate from McGill University with a degree in Psychology. Melody shares her journey in the field of psychology on the podcast of how she is now one step closer to her goals by constantly getting out of her comfort zone and efficiently managing her time.Support the show
Quentin is currently in his final semester at McGill University. With vast experience in different finance fields such as management consulting, investment banking and investment management, he joins the podcasts and discusses about the biggest takeaways from them. Please feel free to reach out to Quentin if you have any questions!https://www.linkedin.com/in/quentinli/Support the show
Mattias graduated from McGill back in 2016 with a major in Marketing. Shortly after working for a boutique consulting company, he returned to school to complete a Master in Management at London Business School. Currently working as a management consultant at Core & Company, he joins the podcasts to discuss about his journey to Denmark and the advices that he has for the younger generation. Feel feel to reach out to Mattias for questions!https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattias-liu-0960325b/Support the show
Jency graduated from McGill back in 2017 and started working for Vigilant Global as a trader. She joins the podcasts to talk about the life of a trader and her advice for people wanting to pursue a career in trading.Support the show
Michael graduated in 2016 with a Bachelor of Software Engineering degree. Michael joins the podcast the talk about his journey to Facebook and the different internship experience that he had over the years prior to Facebook.Support the show
Helton graduated from McGill back in 2015 with an engineering degree. After interning at Blackberry, he subsequently decided to pursue a master's degree in computer engineering as a result of Blackberry's downturn. However, as fate would have it, he eventually got an opportunity to intern at Apple and never looked back.Support the show
Jeremy, 17' McGill grad, joins the podcasts to talk about his journey to med school. Support the show
Andrea is a graduating student from Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She joins the podcasts to talk about the structure of the recruitment process for consulting and shares with us some insights about the life at Wharton. Please feel free to reach out to Karming or Andrea for any further questions.Support the show
Claudia, 18' graduate from McGill University, joins the podcasts to talk about her involvements at school and her journey to studying a JD at University of Toronto, one of the most prestigious law schools in Canada.Support the show
Nancy graduated from McGill University back in 2016. Now 2 years in, she joins the podcast to tell us about her journey and her life as an investment banker.
Richard started off wanting to pursue a career in the medical field during his time at McGill. Soon after, he realized that there was something more interesting than that; Computer Science. With internships at Blackberry, Google, Uber, as software engineer, and Facebook this upcoming summer as Product Manager, Richard joins us on the podcast to talk about his journey in the technology industry. As always, feel free to reach out to Richard or Karming for any questions!Support the show
Nina is a graduating student from the Electrical Engineering program at McGill University. After her internships at Nokia and a year or two down the road, she realized that this wasn't really a field for her. With the help of her great surroundings, she landed an internship at RBC and worked also as a Business Development intern at a startup. Currently Co-President of POWE (Promoting Opportunities for Women in Engineering), Nina tells us a bit of her story and how her experiences has shaped the person that she is today. Please feel free to reach out to Nina or Karming for any questions!Support the show
Tiffany is a graduating student from the Honors Electrical Engineering program. However, Tiff wanted something more dynamic - hence the switch to Software Engineering. With various involvements in different student clubs and numerous hackathons experience, Tiff was able to land a software engineer position at Google. Let's hear her talk about her different involvements and how she landed it. Please feel free to reach out to Tiffany or Karming if there's any questions.Resources she talked about:-Leetcode-Cracking the Coding Interview-HackathonsSupport the show
Jack Yang completed a Bachelor of Science in 2017, majoring in Psychology and a minor in Computer Science. Following his graduation, Jack joined RBC Investor & Treasury's rotational program. Despite not having a background in business/finance, he was able to break in the world of business. Let's find out how he did it. Please feel free to reach out to Jack or Karming if there's any questions.Support the show





