In today's article we interviewed Ilaria P., a current MIM student from Sept 16' intake. She is a Social Rep and is following the Sales & Marketing Specialization. Ilaria has a bachelor in Business Administration and Management from the University of Bocconi, she has studied one semester abroad in Korea and made two internships with Phillip Morris in Hong Kong.
We asked her some advices on how to get through IE.
- What advice will you give when you have 3 or 4 cases of 60 pages each to read for the next day?
"Well the truth is that you hardly ever have that amount of work to do, and when I do have it, I generally prioritize the practical cases over the articles and I choose the cases that interest me the most as I never read more than two cases for each day!"
- Studying and partying, is it compatible? Can IE student party every week and keep up with their grades?
"That all depends on your skills and your understanding of "good grades": the lowest GPA you can have is 3.0 out of 4.0 so you could actually not do much and still have fair grades but in general even the people at the top of the rankings are outgoers. There are still going to be finals weeks when you will party more in MM31 than in your house."
- How would you save money? Avoid spending around IE when having class.
"I usually try to balance the amount of money I spend as some weeks require more money than others. Some tips could be using the metro or use car sharing (taxis are quite cheap and you could end up using it more often than you should), having lunch at home instead of DoEat, and so on."
- Is it hard and/or taking a lot of time to be a social rep? Are u in other extra school activites ?
"Being a Social Rep doesn't take too much time as it mostly a matter of promoting the school activities. Occasionally we planned some small things but really it's no big deal. I'm not in any other extra school activity."
Thank you for your time and advices Ilaria !
