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

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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)?

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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?

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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?

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What is “The Hustla Award”?

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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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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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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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This country is home to Mount Kilimanjaro, which I summited in 2011.

What is Tanzania?

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I visited this city to celebrate the 20th and 25th anniversaries of the “fall of

the Wall.”

What is Berlin?

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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?

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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?

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They are purposeful in their endeavors and hope to genuinely make an

impact on the world.

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What is Action Learning?

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This core component of Sloan’s curriculum appeals to my facility to

execute.

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What are SEID projects?

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I hope to participate in and later lead these projects at Sloan.

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Who are Danielle Redelmeier and Nadir Vissanjy?

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These two current students solidified Sloan as my first choice.

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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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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 is the constant force encouraging me to take risks and challenge

myself.

Who is my mother?

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Who is Susan Wojcicki?

Google was created out of her garage and she is now the CEO of

YouTube.

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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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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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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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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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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?”

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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?

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When I go to Life Alive I always order.

What is The Adventurer Bowl and a Loco

Coco smoothie?

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My favorite coffee from Voltage Coffee.

What is the Atticus Finch?

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