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Can you give us a brief introduction of your academic experience?

I did my undergraduate degree at the University of Chicago and majored in Statistics. During my 3 years there, I was fully immersed in the “Life of the Mind” as they call it. Most of my interests were academic in nature, as I participated actively in astrophysics and computer science research, spent countless hours proving mathematical theorems, and debated about socio-political ideas.

From unofficial slogans such as “That’s all well and good in practice but how does it work in theory”, “Where fun comes to die” and “Fun, not dead, just overanalyzed”, one can tell that UChicago is a place where students revolve around intellectual thought. My friends and peers were all extremely inquisitive people, many of whom had a clear disdain for anything practical and instead had primarily intellectual pursuits. My experience at UChicago convinced me that the good life is one that is enriched by thought.

大学本科我就读于芝加哥大学的统计学专业。在3年的求学期间，我完全投入了所谓“有思想才有人生”般的校园生活。我最感兴趣的是学术的本质，积极参与天体物理学和计算机科学研究，也花了很多时间来求证数学定律和参加社会-政治主题辩论。

根据民间版的校训，比如，“这在现实里看起来挺管用，那背后的理论是什么”、“芝大无快乐，唯有苦行”和“并非无快乐，只不过小题大做而已”等可以看出，芝加哥大学是一所推崇独立思维能力的学府。我的朋友和同学们都充满着好奇心，不少人都很重视纯理论研究和精神上的追求。我在芝加哥大学的求学经历使我确信，活到老学到老的人生才是完美的人生。

2 

Can you give us a brief introduction of your work experience？

After graduation, I worked at a leading Fintech firm in Chicago as a Data Scientist for about 3 years. My primary responsibility was to use machine learning solutions to optimise financial portfolios. Often, this required the employment of boosted trees, neural nets, and quite a bit of unsupervised learning.. This also required the processing of a huge amount of financial and consumer data.

I’d say that my day-to-day work involved a lot of in-depth analysis into aforementioned data, as well as devising new methods or algorithms to solve financial problems. These problems can be pretty wide-ranging. For example, I built models aimed to predict financial defaults, optimise marketing channels, detect different types of financial fraud, deal with complaints, etc. Each problem did require its own tailored solution, and my team and I would spend many hours trying to devise innovative solutions to these problems.

Apart from doing technical work, I was also involved in many meetings with stakeholders from other departments. As data scientists, not only did we have to work closely with the Strategy and Operations team(s) to ensure that the business objectives were being met, we also had to co-operate closely with product managers, software engineers, data engineers, as well as marketing, accounting, and legal personnel, etc. This gave me the opportunity to understand the FinTech industry a little better, and appreciate the importance of thinking from the perspectives of others when working in a team.

On the whole, I did learn quite a bit about finance and data science/machine learning from my experience, and am grateful for the opportunity to deal with the nitty-gritty details of data science. I’d say that it gave me deep insights to how data and algorithms are changing industries and societies, their trajectory into the future, and how they can be very cool and frightening at the same time.

毕业后，我在芝加哥一家行业领先的金融科技公司担任数据科学家，我在这家公司工作了大约三年。我的主要职责是用机器学习解决方案来优化金融贷款组合。通常，这需要运用到提升树算法、神经网络算法和无监督学习算法，同时也需要处理大量的金融和消费者数据。

我的日常工作涉及对于上述数据的深度分析，以及开发新方法或算法，以解决财务问题。此类问题涉及的范围很广。例如，我构建模型旨在预测财务违约，优化营销渠道，侦查不同类型的财务欺诈，应对投诉等。每个问题都需要采用定制的方案，我和我的团队花了很多时间尝试为此类问题设计创新的解决方案。

除了从事技术工作，我还与其他部门的利益相关方开会。作为数据科学家，除了与战略和运营团队密切合作以确保达成业务目标，我们还需要与产品经理、软件工程师、数据工程师、营销、会计和法务人员密切合作。这赋予我更深层次了解金融技术行业的机会，并认识到团队成员换位思考的重要性。

整体而言，在此前的工作单位我学到了很多金融和数据科学/机器学习方面的知识，也有幸探究数据科学的本质。我了解到数据和算法如何改变了行业和社会，它们未来的发展趋势，以及它们为何高深莫测且影响力巨大。

3 

What led you to pursue an MBA at this point in your career? 

I decided to pursue an MBA at this juncture because I wanted some change in my life. Having been immersed in the technical aspects of a firm, I was keen on learning more on business, strategy and management. In essence, I was basically staring at data about the world without really seeing the world for what it is. I am hoping that an MBA education would provide me with such a platform to understand the world a little better.

In addition, an MBA gives you 2 years to make new friends from all walks of life. I’m not sure that we’ll have many opportunities later on in life to meet so many bright people from such diverse backgrounds at the same time, and I am appreciative of this opportunity to get to know many of my classmates.

Career-wise, it is obviously a good idea to gain a better understanding of China. I think this goes without saying given China’s prominence in the world. I’d say that Guanghua does give you an excellent platform to be exposed to Chinese culture and heritage. Moreover, PKU Guanghua’s quality of education and reputation in China is unparalleled, and you’ll be able to make full use of countless academic and professional opportunities here.

I’d have to say that my experience thus far with PKU Guanghua has been nothing short of awesome. From making many new friends to exploring the intricacies of Chinese culture, every moment has been really enjoyable. Sure, with COVID and all, there are some obstacles that we all have to work around. However, I maintain that I have no regrets in pursuing an MBA at Guanghua, as I feel that these valuable friendships and perspectives cannot be acquired anywhere else.

我在这个人生阶段决定攻读MBA，希望给我的生活带来一些改变。此前我一直在公司从事技术方面的工作，一直渴望学习更多商业、策略和管理方面的知识。工作的重心也更多专注于数据本身，对数据所描述的世界的理解还有提高空间。希望MBA能够提供一个让我更了解世界的平台。

此外，2年的MBA时光，你有机会结识各行各业的新朋友。我不确定在未来是否还有类似的机会，一次性结识如此之多的行业精英。我也很感谢有机会与同学发展深层次的友谊。

从事业的角度看，增进对中国的了解显然是明智之举。毫无疑问，中国目前是世界上举足轻重的大国。我承认，光华为期望了解中国文化和遗产的学子们提供了一个出色的平台。此外，北大光华的教学质量和声誉在中国极高，在这里你能够充分接触到丰富的学术和专业资源。

到目前为止，我在北大光华的体验非常棒。无论是结交新朋友，还是探索博大精深的中国文化，每时每刻都令人感到愉悦。确实，由于新冠疫情的肆虐，所有学生都面临一些需要克服的障碍。然而，我从不后悔来到光华攻读MBA，因为我在这里获得了其他地方所没有的宝贵友谊和全新视角。

4 

What was the key factor(s) that led you to determine on Guanghua instead of other school, and why was it so important to you?

1) Guanghua pays special attention to social responsibility. Personally, I believe that ethical and moral behaviour is especially important, and is often lacking in many corporate enterprises. Guanghua’s unique emphasis on this is very appealing to me.

2) Guanghua is part of Peking University and therefore understands the importance of the humanities. I believe that business school courses at top programs are pretty similar. If you’re simply looking to learn a bunch of theories and tools, you can achieve that in any decently good program. However, Peking University’s academics, scholars, and students often view matters from a philosophical, cultural and literary perspective. These perspectives really enrich the subject matter, and imbue us with a philosophical disposition to approach life itself.

3) I actually really enjoyed the entire admissions process with Guanghua staff. Everyone was super friendly and nice to me, and respected my thoughts, opinions and ideas. They gave me a really good impression of the school.

4) Peking University’s campus is really beautiful!

1) 光华非常注重社会责任。从个人角度而言，我认为道德和伦理价值观非常重要，而很多企业缺乏这一理念。光华对企业社会责任的重视非常吸引我。

2) 光华是北京大学的一颗明珠，除了商业知识之外，更有人文学科的光芒。我认为全球顶级商学院的课程大同小异。如果你只是希望学习理论和掌握工具，你可以选择任何一个出色的项目。然而，北京大学的学者、研究员和学生们通常会从哲学、文化和文学角度看问题。这些视角能够丰富主题，同时也让我们学会用哲学方法看待生活。

3) 我其实很享受和光华老师一起参与的整个申请过程。每个老师对我都非常友好亲切，并且尊重我的想法、观点和看法。他们让我对光华留下了非常好的印象。

4) 北京大学的校园非常美丽！

5 

Do you think Guanghua will help with your career? If so, why?

Most definitely! Guanghua has excellent career resources in China. Whether you’re trying to find a job post-graduation or be an entrepreneur, you can tap into the wealth of resources here at Guanghua to propel you forward. Given Guanghua’s reputation in China, you’ll continue to be recognised as you progress in your career.

当然！光华在中国拥有卓越的职业资源。无论你想在毕业之后找工作还是自己创业，你都可以利用光华的丰富资源。鉴于光华在中国有很高的知名度，在职业发展的过程中，你也将持续获得认可。

6

What quality best describes your MBA classmates and why? 

Guanghua kids are insane hahaha. They’ll turn your face into GIFs and throw cake in your face. But beyond the fun and games, they really know their stuff and work hard when it counts.

光华学子都非常有趣，哈哈哈。他们会用你的照片做表情包，还会往你的脸上扔蛋糕。但娱乐之外，他们在自己的领域都很强，而且做事都很努力。

7

What do you like to do in your spare time? 

Hmm.. so apart from doing work, I love to read books on history & culture, philosophy, and sociology. However, these pursuits require some focus so I regrettably haven’t had the luxury to engage in them since commencing the MBA program.

I do exercise frequently, and love going out to have a meal with close friends. The rest of my time is family time.

业余时间我喜欢阅读历史、文化、哲学和社会学方面的书籍。但是看这些书也要花一些精力，所以有些遗憾的是自从MBA开学以后，这些业余爱好变成了一种奢望。

不过我倒是经常锻炼，而且喜欢出去和好朋友聚餐。其余时间我会和家人待在一起。

8

Since the classes are held online for students who are not able to come to China right now, did you meet any problems during your study? How did you solve them?

I’d say that there isn’t an issue with learning the lesson content. However, an MBA is much more than that, and I feel that we’ve had to find ways to interact more with classmates and friends. An online experience is definitely not the same as an offline one, but we do our best to overcome the challenges as they arise.

Our class has been really proactive thus far, and have taken a lot of initiative to hold online meetup sessions to help everyone get to know one another better. Group projects have also involved both offline and online students, which allows the online students to mingle more with offline students.

Despite the challenges, I have already gained a lot from being part of Guanghua’s program, and expect much more in the time to come!

其实我在课业内容方面没遇到什么大困难，但是MBA不仅仅涉及课程的学习，我认为我们应该想办法和同学，朋友多互动。线上课程肯定与线下课程的体验不同，但是有困难的时候我们都会尽力克服它们。

到目前为止，我们班一直很积极，而且我们也自发组织了很多线上见面活动，帮助同学们互相了解。小组作业也由线上和线下学生一起参与，大家就能更好打成一片。

尽管存在许多挑战，但是光华让我受益匪浅，我也希望在未来的学习生活中获得更多！

9

What was your defining moment and how did it shape who you are?  

I’m not too sure how to answer this question actually, I feel like my life gradually just happened.

其实我不确定该如何回答这个问题，我感觉我的生活就这么自然而然地发生了。

10

What’s the plan after graduation / where do you see yourself in ten years? 

I don’t even know what I’m going to eat for lunch tomorrow. But I guess if I’m going to make a 10-year projection, I’d hope that I’ll have a happy and healthy family, a close circle of friends, and will be pursuing a career that I love.

其实我连明天中午要吃什么都没想好。但如果要我做一个10年的规划，我希望我有一个快乐、健康的家庭，一群亲密的朋友，并将追求一份我热爱的事业。

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