Hi everyone!! I’m totally stealing this questionnaire from my fellow first-year rockstar classmate, Yu Chen, but excited to introduce myself to prospective students (who I lovingly call “prospies” - a word you’ll hear me use when you meet me on campus).
Name: Tiffany Lu
Hometown: Arcadia, CA but born in Taiwan
Prior to Anderson: I did my undergrad at Duke and then spent a few years working in entertainment before transitioning into education.
Why Anderson? Anderson is actually the only school I applied to. I don’t necessarily recommend that strategy because it was very stressful putting all my eggs in one basket, but I wanted to be in LA and after I visited campus and spoke to current Anderson students, I knew I didn’t want to go to any other school. This has been said by so many people so many times, but the students at Anderson are truly what make the school special. I loved the level of respect that students showed for one another during classroom debates, and every student I reached out to showed a genuine interest in helping me navigate the admissions process. It’s a feeling that’s very hard to describe, but one that I couldn’t have ascertained just by reading literature online or attending panels and school fairs. I really had to step on campus and meet the students to get a glimpse of what life would be like in their shoes.
What is one cool/interesting thing about yourself that others would not be able to tell upon first meeting you? I have a scary good memory.
Where do you see yourself in 10 years? Happy.
One thing I hope to accomplish by the end of my first year at Anderson: Form lasting friendships with my classmates.
One piece of advice for prospective applicants: Don’t be afraid to reach out to current students and ask probing questions that will give you a true sense of life at the school. Talk to a mix of first year and second year students if you can. And one more piece of advice: embrace this process of self-reflection and discovery. The more authentic and honest you can be with yourself during applications, the more focused you will be once you actually start business school (aka you won’t have to worry about not knowing what you want to do).
