caroline matthews - mit sloan optional
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The Caroline Matthews EditionMIT Sloan Candidate, Round II
Through asking questions, I have stretched myself and uncovered exciting opportunities. Here are some questions to help you discover more about me…
SHE WORKS HARD FOR THE MONEY
LIFE IS A HIGHWAY
CHARIOTS OF FIRE
SHE’S A LADY LET’S GET ANALYTICAL
MORE THAN A FEELING
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CATEGORY DESCRIPTIONS
SHE WORKS HARD FOR THE MONEY…Going beyond my resume
LIFE IS A HIGHWAY …Places I have visited
CHARIOTS OF FIRE…What excites me about MIT Sloan
SHE’S A LADY…Women I admire
LET’S GET ANALYTICAL …My analytical background
MORE THAN A FEELING …What I love about Cambridge
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I commuted from Philadelphia to Washington DC three days a week to
work on this White House commission in fall 2010.
What is the National Commission on Fiscal
Responsibility and Reform (Simpson-
Bowles Commission)?
SHE WORKS HARD FOR THE MONEY for $200
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SHE WORKS HARD FOR THE MONEY for $400
Between junior and senior year of college, I worked at the Global Summit
of Women, a conference focused on expanding economic opportunities
for women, in this city?
What is Beijing?
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My proudest accomplishment at Google to date is receiving 12 of these
peer-nominated awards.
What is Peer Bonus?
SHE WORKS HARD FOR THE MONEY for $600
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While on the Small and Medium Business Sales team at Google, I
spearheaded this event to help my teammates foster deeper relationships
with their advertisers and boost morale.
What is Cambridge Local Advertiser Event?
SHE WORKS HARD FOR THE MONEY for $800
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What is “The Hustla Award”?
SHE WORKS HARD FOR THE MONEY for $1000
While in Large Customer Sales at Google, I was given this award for
successfully turning around a financial services client whose account
performance had significantly declined year over year by performing
thorough cost per conversion analyses and executing multiple onsite
strategy sessions.
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LIFE IS A HIGHWAY for $200
Along with my family, I drove across this country in December 2014 to
better understand how tourism might improve its economy.
What is Haiti?
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LIFE IS A HIGHWAY for $400
I lived in this city for two consecutive summers in college to work at the
International Herald Tribune and study at the same school my mother
attended.
What is Paris?
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LIFE IS A HIGHWAY for $600
This country is home to Mount Kilimanjaro, which I summited in 2011.
What is Tanzania?
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LIFE IS A HIGHWAY for $800
I visited this city to celebrate the 20th and 25th anniversaries of the “fall of
the Wall.”
What is Berlin?
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LIFE IS A HIGHWAY for $1000
I biked from Philadelphia to this city to raise awareness about the national
debt in a “Brakin’ the Debt Cycle” campaign in July 2010.
What is Washington DC?
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What is G-Lab?
CHARIOTS OF FIRE for $200
This course will give me the hands on experience necessary to pursue a
post-MBA role helping businesses navigate the complexities of scaling
globally.
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What are MIT Sloan students?
CHARIOTS OF FIRE for $400
They are purposeful in their endeavors and hope to genuinely make an
impact on the world.
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What is Action Learning?
CHARIOTS OF FIRE for $600
This core component of Sloan’s curriculum appeals to my facility to
execute.
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What are SEID projects?
CHARIOTS OF FIRE for $800
I hope to participate in and later lead these projects at Sloan.
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Who are Danielle Redelmeier and Nadir Vissanjy?
CHARIOTS OF FIRE for $1000
These two current students solidified Sloan as my first choice.
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SHE’S A LADY for $200
I prepared her for media interviews when she was a vice president at
Google[x]. She is now the Chief Technology Officer at the White House.
Who is Megan Smith?
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SHE’S A LADY for $400
This former first lady of the United States said my favorite quote: “A
woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it’s in hot
water.”
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?
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SHE’S A LADY for $600
She is the constant force encouraging me to take risks and challenge
myself.
Who is my mother?
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SHE’S A LADY for $800
Who is Susan Wojcicki?
Google was created out of her garage and she is now the CEO of
YouTube.
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SHE’S A LADY for $1000
I am a descendent of this sharpshooter and followed in her footsteps by
teaching riflery at a summer camp in the Santa Cruz mountains in high
school.
Who is Annie Oakley?
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I earned an A in this course in college which covered number
contemplation, management science, science of data, voting and social
choice, and saving and borrowing models.
What is Ideas in Mathematics?
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LET’S GET ANALYTICAL for $400
My forecasting model helped this project win Google’s “Learning Award”
for successfully launching the first all-tablet Internet café in Dakar,
Senegal.
What is Android Café?
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LET’S GET ANALYTICAL for $600
Each week I mine through Google Search queries to provide this many
radio listeners across the country a list of the top five trending searches.
What is 2.7 million?
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LET’S GET ANALYTICAL for $800
Prior to matriculation, I plan to take mathematics courses such as these to
ensure that I can tackle any challenge.
What are UCLA’s online Mathematics for
Management and Business Applications of
Calculus?
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LET’S GET ANALYTICAL for $1000
I analyzed hundreds of thousands of queries to identity the following 3
trending lists on Google Search leading into Thanksgiving, Black Friday,
and Christmas.
What is Top Trending Holiday Gifts, Top Trending Pies, and Top
Trending Sugar Cookie Recipes?
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This Neil Diamond song has my name in its title and is played before the
bottom of the 8th inning at Red Sox games.
What is “Sweet Caroline?”
MORE THAN A FEELING FOR $200
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My favorite breakfast spot in Cambridge.
What is Flour?
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I ran along this river everyday to train for the Philadelphia Marathon in
2012.
What is the Charles River?
MORE THAN A FEELING FOR $600
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When I go to Life Alive I always order.
What is The Adventurer Bowl and a Loco
Coco smoothie?
MORE THAN A FEELING FOR $800
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MORE THAN A FEELING FOR $1000
My favorite coffee from Voltage Coffee.
What is the Atticus Finch?
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