Enjoying summer in Chicago!

Hi all, this is Stefana – an MBA1 in transition. After 5 busy weeks in South Texas on-site at IDEA Public Schools and 10 hectic days wrapping up MAP from Ann Arbor, I am finally home for a one-month break before I head back to the US for my internship with Groupon, Inc.

For me this is shaping up to be a busy summer. I am kicking it off with a month or so in Europe where my time will be divided between Bulgaria (where I am originally from), Scotland (where one of my brothers goes to college) and Germany (where my cousin has been living for years). Once done with my “mini Euro trip,” I’ll be heading back to the US where I’ll spend 10 weeks as a marketing intern with Groupon in its Chicago office. And then – off to China, touring Beijing and Xi’an with the in-coming MBA1s.

In terms of my internship – there are still a few unknowns, like the exact project I will be working on for example. But what I do know is that I’ll be with the marketing team and it seems like my quantitative marketing research background will come in quite handy. I think this internship will be a great opportunity to show initiative and take ownership of my project and my overall summer experience.

I am excited to be joining the Groupon team since everyone I’ve met so far has been really nice and friendly. Overall, I am looking forward to making some new friends and enjoying summer in Chicago which from what I’ve heard is quite splendid. What I am not looking for is the moving experience – and to make things even harder and more stressful I have just one day between when I get back to Ann Arbor and when my internship starts in Chicago. We’ll see how that goes…