{"id":245,"date":"2023-09-02T03:27:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T03:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beacon.community\/Glow\/?p=245"},"modified":"2023-09-01T16:01:48","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T16:01:48","slug":"letters-of-advice-to-first-day-selves-from-graduating-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beacon.community\/Glow\/2023\/09\/letters-of-advice-to-first-day-selves-from-graduating-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Letters of Advice to First-Day Selves from Graduating Students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This blog features heartfelt letters from students who have successfully completed their programs, reflecting on their earlier days at the Business School and sharing valuable insights for incoming students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Yogda Kalra (MSc International Management, 2023)<\/strong>, in a letter to her past self, offers advice to embrace the initial overwhelming week with a steady pace, connect with diverse cultures, and learn from both good and bad experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Swapan Bahrani (MSc Economics &amp; Strategy for Business, 2023)<\/strong> addresses his younger self, emphasizing kindness, gratitude, and being there for family and the community during challenging times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Future Managla Prasetia (Global Online MBA, 2023)<\/strong> encourages his past self to embrace opportunities, maintain wellbeing, network with peers and professionals, stay curious, and remember the initial motivation for choosing Imperial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Navdeep Ghothra (MSc International Management)<\/strong> applauds the decision to join Imperial College Business School and advises cherishing moments, forming lasting connections, and relishing the challenges and victories of the journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Aakriti Jhunjhunwala (Global Online MBA)<\/strong> writes to her past self about embracing opportunities outside the classroom, joining clubs and societies, and fully experiencing the vibrant city of London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kirk Zieser (MSc Climate Change, Management &amp; Finance)<\/strong> advises his past self to have faith in the unfolding journey, take the first step in making friends, appreciate the uniqueness of his personality and culture, and embrace authenticity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These letters serve as valuable reminders for incoming students to navigate their own journeys at Imperial College Business School and create their paths to success.<br>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imperial.ac.uk\/business-school\/blogs\/student-blog\/what-advice-would-you-give-your-former-self-students-write-letters-their-first\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This blog features heartfelt letters from students who have successfully completed their programs, reflecting on their earlier days at the Business School and sharing valuable [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":246,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-imperial"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.beacon.community\/Glow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/schedule.png","uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/www.beacon.community\/Glow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/schedule.png",512,512,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.beacon.community\/Glow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/schedule-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.beacon.community\/Glow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/schedule-300x300.png",300,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.beacon.community\/Glow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/schedule.png",512,512,false],"large":["https:\/\/www.beacon.community\/Glow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/schedule.png",512,512,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.beacon.community\/Glow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/schedule.png",512,512,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.beacon.community\/Glow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/schedule.png",512,512,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Beacon MK","author_link":"https:\/\/www.beacon.community\/Glow\/author\/mansi-kbeacon-community\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"This blog features heartfelt letters from students who have successfully completed their programs, reflecting on their earlier days at the Business School and sharing valuable [&hellip;]","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beacon.community\/Glow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beacon.community\/Glow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beacon.community\/Glow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beacon.community\/Glow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beacon.community\/Glow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.beacon.community\/Glow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":247,"href":"https:\/\/www.beacon.community\/Glow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245\/revisions\/247"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beacon.community\/Glow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beacon.community\/Glow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beacon.community\/Glow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beacon.community\/Glow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}