THE MBS/NYU STERN SWAPEROO MEET KILEY DELGADO AND GAURAV SADARANGANI. READ ABOUT WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN UP TO IN EACH OTHERS HOMETOWNS
Why did you choose your exchange school and the courses at MBS, my favourite is Brand Management. I city for your exchange semester? have always thought a career in Brand Management would interest me, but I did not truly understand Kiley: Australia has always been #1 on my list of places what that entailed. I now have a much bePer idea of to travel to. I thought an en9re semester in Australia what it means to be a Brand Manager. would be the perfect opportunity to see the country. I chose Melbourne Business School specifically because G: Corporate Finance, Global Banking & Capital of its great reputa9on. Markets, U.S. Economic History and Business & Technology Innova9on. U.S Economic History is one of Gaurav: I’ve always wanted to live in ManhaPan and the most fascina9ng and engaging subjects. It gives pursue further studies in Finance and jumped at the you a fascina9ng insight into the economic opportunity when it came up. I’ve got heaps of old founda9ons of this country star9ng at the 9me of the high school mates and family in New York and around Civil War and spanning across the Great Depression the U.S. as well which sealed right through to the the deal for me. dot.com bubble and the Global Financial What do you like most C r i s i s . I ’ m a fi r m about student life in your believer in looking into new city and school which the past before we is different from your step into the future. home city/school? K: MBS is much smaller than Stern and therefore has a very different vibe. M y c l a s s e s h e r e a r e s m a l l e r a n d m o r e personable and I have goPen to know the faculty and staff much more easily than I would have back in New York. It has also been much easier to get to know a large por9on of the other students in both the full-‐ 9me and part-‐9me programs.
Study aside, what are you doing for fun while you’re here?
K: I have spent quite a bit of 9me bonding with my fellow exchange students. We have weekly Sunday Night Dinners and have been exploring the city and surrounding areas together. I also ran the Coffee Talk 10K as part of the Melbourne Marathon Fes9val and visited the Great Ocean Road, Philip’s Island, and the G: As a part 9me student at MBS, the exchange Yarra Valley Vineyards. I am determined to squeeze in programme has given me the opportunity to a surf lesson before I leave as well! experience life as a full 9me student again. The G: Biking and walking on the streets of NY (without campus is in the heart of Greenwich Village which has geNng run over), Beer Blasts every Thursday night @ some of the best restaurants and bars around the Stern, Museums, Baseball, Basketball, Ice Hockey, block. I love the student life here. It’s full of life and Picnics, Travelling, Vegas, Beer Pong, Pool and par9es energy and the NYU students are some of the most on Victoria’s roopop. easy-‐going people I’ve met. What has been the toughest part of going on What subjects are you studying? Which is your exchange? favourite and why? K: Leaving my husband, puppy, family, and friends. K: I am currently taking Brand Management, Innova9on Management, and Nego9a9ons. I will be G: Apart from packing up in Melbourne, none really! taking Managerial Judgment during the second half of New York is one of the easiest ci9es to live and you fit the term as well. While I am really enjoying all of my right in. I’ve lived away from my family for the past 12 [8]