Pedro Pablo Taboada
Favourite Class: Sustainability Strategy
Quick Tip for 1st Years: Have fun!
Favourite Quarantine Activity: Video Games
Favourite Toronto Restaurant: Seven Lives Tacos
Hidden Talent/Fun Fact: Played most sports at least once
Nikhil Dewan
Favourite Class: Finance I with Mike Simutin
Quick Tip for 1st Years: Focus on mapping out your OWN Rotman journey
Favourite Quarantine Activity: Cooking
Favourite Toronto Restaurant: Byblos
Hidden Talent: Trained in Karate for 8 years
Kavya Pai
Favourite Class: Negotiations
Quick Tip for 1st Years: Prioritize, do not stress, ask for help, and have fun!
Favourite Quarantine Activity: Doodling and playing games
Favourite Toronto Restaurant: Eataly
Hidden Talent: I’m not a good dancer, but I can dance anywhere at any time (at Harbourfront, on the street, etc)
Jack Wu
Favourite Class: Macroeconomics
Quick Tip for 1st Years: Explore and experience as many events/clubs as you can
Favourite Quarantine Activity: Building Lego sets
Favourite Toronto Restaurant: Blue Elephant Thai Restaurant
Hidden Talent/Fun Fact: I like watching wilderness survival shows
Julian Torres Cabra
Favourite Class: Sustainability Strategy with Richard Blundell
Quick Tip for 1st Years: Friends/classmates will be your support system – foster relationships
Favourite Quarantine Activity: Age of Empire II, Netflix with my partner
Favourite Toronto Restaurant: Sansotei Ramen
Fun Fact: Owns two ukuleles and can’t pay either of them
Ana Baseio
Favourite Class: Foundations of Strategic Management
Quick Tip for 1st Years: Make as many friends as possible for the MBA journey
Favourite Quarantine Activity: Online happy hours with friends and watch series
Josh Graham
Favourite Class: Negotiations
Quick Tip for 1st Years: Apply for internships as early as possible
Favourite Quarantine Activity: Playing catch, cooking new foods
Favourite Toronto Restaurant: The Keg
Hidden Talent/Fun Fact: Varsity athlete and volunteer at Animal Rescue
Sleiman Hilal
Favourite Class: Sustainability Strategy
Quick Tip for 1st Years: Remember, the MBA is a marathon, not a sprint
Favourite Quarantine Activity: Eating like there’s no tomorrow
Favourite Toronto Restaurant: The Burger’s Priest
Hidden Talent/Fun Fact: Spent most of my life hating ice cream
Hashir Beg
Favourite Class: Economic Environment of Business
Quick Tip for 1st Years: Take your time, settle in, figure out what you want from this experience
Favourite Quarantine Activity: Baking cinnamon rolls and potting new plants
Hidden Talent: On a good day, I can make a stone skip 7 times on water
Ankur Bhalla
Favourite Class: Finance I
Quick Tip for 1st Years: Never hesitate to ask for help
Favourite Quarantine Activity: Cooking my favourite dishes
Favourite Toronto Restaurant: Ooshee Mediterranean Kitchen
Hidden Talent: Cooking
Katerina Tourkot
Favourite Class: Marketing and Behavioural Economics
Quick Tip for 1st Years: Follow your dreams, work hard, practice and persevere
Favourite Quarantine Activity: Working Out
Favourite Toronto Restaurant: Trattoria Mercatto
Hidden Talent/Fun Fact: Travelled to 53 cities in 2019
Vishwajitsinh Atodaria
Favourite Class: Managerial Negotiations
Quick Tip for 1st Years: Connect with upper-year students on LinkedIn and clarify any doubts
Favourite Quarantine Activity: Watching movies and series on Netflix, learning to cook a variety of Mexican dishes
Favourite Toronto Restaurant: Constantine
Jaskaranjit Singh Rai
Favourite Class: Real Estate Investment
Quick Tip for 1st Years: Be open to all the amazing things Rotman has to offer
Favourite Quarantine Activity: Early morning jogging
Favourite Toronto Restaurant: Banjara
Hidden Talent/Fun Fact: Travelled 20 countries to date
Leonardo Barboza Lemos
Favourite Class: Economics Environment of International Business
Quick Tip for 1st Years: Have time for yourself and somebody outside of Rotman, if possible.
Favourite Toronto Restaurant: Planta
Favourite Quarantine Activity: Online Gaming
Hidden Talent: Amateur Musician (drummer and base player)
Andrew Liang
Favourite Class: Negotiations
Quick Tip for 1st Years: Don’t be afraid to ask questions and voice your interests
Favourite Quarantine Activity: Video games
Favourite Toronto Restaurant: Miku
Hidden Talent: Pretty good at wrapping dumplings
Negin Mahaboob
Favourite Class: Finance II
Quick Tip for 1st Years: You’re not alone. Reach out for help and support. It takes a village.
Favourite Quarantine Activity: Watching my baby girl crawl for the first time
Favourite Toronto Restaurant: PG Clucks
Hidden Talent: CrossFit Level 1 trainer
Antonella Hidalgo
Favourite Class: Intro to Creative Destruction Lab
Quick Tip for 1st Years: Put absolutely everything in your calendars. EVERYTHING.
Favourite Quarantine Activity: Instagram Live Dance Classes
Favourite Toronto Restaurant: Baddies
Hidden Talent: Competitive ballroom dancer back in Ecuador
Neerav Risbood
Favourite Class: International Strategy
Quick Tip for 1st Years: Spend as much time with family/friends as possible
Favourite Quarantine Activity: Learning new skills live giving myself a haircut
Hidden Talent: Cooking
Mina Labib
Favourite Class: Managerial Negotiations
Quick Tip for 1st Years: It’ll be busy. Make sure to save some time for the things you enjoy.
Favourite Quarantine Activity: Learning to bake with sourdough
Favourite Toronto Restaurant: Pai
Hidden Talent: I’m rusty, but used to do sleight of hand card tricks
Andie Polie
Favourite Class: Tie between Managing Customer Value & Business Design Fundamentals
Quick Tip for 1st Years: Quality over quantity – this applies to EVERYTHING.
Favourite Quarantine Activity: Long walks with a really good playlist
Favourite Toronto Restaurant: Local Kitchen & Wine Bar in Parkdale
Khadija Mubasher
Favourite Class: Macro and Global Economics
Quick Tip for 1st Years: Organize yourself. Buy a planner, do yoga, declutter mentally
Favourite Quarantine Activity: Cooking and baking
Favourite Toronto Restaurant: Burgernator
Hidden Talent: I can cook with anything in the pantry and while it cooks I practice my headstand!
Melbin Thomas
Favourite Class: Creative Destruction Lab Intro
Quick Tip for 1st Years: Focus on yourself
Favourite Quarantine Activity: Houseparty app
Favourite Toronto Restaurant: Korean Grill House
Hidden Talent: I write poems
Ruchir Shubhro
Favourite Class: Managerial Economics
Quick Tip for 1st Years: Just relax and have a good time with family and friends
Favourite Quarantine Activity: Teaching myself to cook
Favourite Toronto Restaurant: Zaad
Hidden Talent: Can solve a rubiks cube in under 70 seconds
Ru Bin
Favourite Class: Economic Environment of Business or, affectionately, “Walidnomics”
Quick Tip for 1st Years: Avoid FOMO – focus on your interests and what makes you happy
Favourite Book: Reading – there were frequent second-hand book sales at Robarts Library
Favourite Toronto Restaurant: Hokkaido Ramen Santouka
Hidden Talent: Cry on cue – comes in handy on stage.
Rajarshi Das Gupta
Favourite Class: Data Analytics
Quick Tip for 1st Years: If you’re unsure if you need help, you likely do. Reach out.
Favourite Quarantine Activity: Reading books — reading “Deep” by James Nestor now
Hidden Talent: Play underwater hockey with UofT (Hart House) underwater club
Aishwarya Nikam
Favourite Class: Sustainability Strategy
Quick Tip for 1st Years: There’s no one “right way” to experience the MBA
Favourite Quarantine Activity: Cooking
Omotayo Fajebe
Favourite Class: Economic Environment of Business with Walid Hejazi
Quick Tip for 1st Years: Make friends, meet people, get enough sleep
Favourite Quarantine Activity: Phone calls to friends/family
Favourite Toronto Restaurant: Meat Dumplings
Hidden Talent/Fun Fact: I’m a foodie
Aditya Raina
Favourite Class: Finance I with Mike Simutin
Quick Tip for 1st Years: Things escalate very quickly by the end of September.
Favourite Quarantine Activity: Gaming on LAN (Counter Strike)
Favourite Toronto Restaurant: Lalibela on Bloor (Ethiopian food)
Hidden Talent/Fun Fact: Will succumb to sour candies
Aditi Goyal
Favourite Class: Marco-Economics
Quick Tip for 1st Years: Don’t get lost in the chaos. Do things that make sense to you.
Favourite Quarantine Activity: Playing Chess
Favourite Toronto Restaurant: 416 Snack Bar
Deeksha Machhral
Favourite Class: Econ 101 with Professor Heski
Quick Tip for 1st Years: Get enough sleep while you can
Favourite Quarantine Activity: Baking cheesecakes, cookies, lemon teacakes
Favourite Toronto Restaurant: Cafe Landwer (best breakfast spot)
Hidden Talent: I’m a ukulele player
Munib Rehman
Favourite Class: Securities and Portfolio Analysis
Quick Tip for 1st Years: If you’re confused, don’t hesitate to reach out to us second years
Favourite Quarantine Activity: Game Nights over Zoom
Favourite Toronto Restaurant: Suko Thai
Hidden Talent/Fun Fact: Afraid of heights, but have gone skydiving/hand-gliding
Olumide Folorunso
Favourite Class: Sustainability Strategy
Quick Tip for 1st Years: Stay true to your goals and avoid herd mentality
Favourite Quarantine Activity: Indoor workout
Favourite Toronto Restaurant: Seoulicious
Hidden Talent/Fun Fact: Finding new trails to hike
Spencer Dearborn-Yasui
Favourite Class: Managerial Negotiations
Quick Tip for 1st Years: When things get tough, turn outward, not inward. Rely on your social support network
Favourite Quarantine Activity: Themed activities with my family (brunch, game nights, etc)
Favourite Toronto Restaurant: Sugo (or Burdock)
Hidden Talent/Fun Fact: I’m a whisky hobbyist and a foodie
Ali Rizk
Favourite Class: Leading People in Organizations
Quick Tip for 1st Years: Do all the stuff Rotman Career Services provides early
Favourite Quarantine Activity: Gaming – Valorant, League of Legends, Fortnight
Favourite Toronto Restaurant: Patria (Spanish Tapas)
Hidden Talent: I’m a swimmer
Krupa Kapadia
Favourite Class: Global Capital Markets and Valuation / Econ
Quick Tip for 1st Years: Attend classes, even if the recordings are available
Favourite Quarantine Activity: Horror Story Podcasts
Favourite Toronto Restaurant: Soos
Hidden Talent: I can fake sneeze really well
Shuya Liu
Favourite Class: Managerial Negotiations
Quick Tip for 1st Years: Define your own success
Favourite Quarantine Activity: Cooking
Hidden Talent: Arranging piano music
Erin Tsutsumoto
Favourite Class: Managerial Econ with Professor Heski
Quick Tip for 1st Years: You’ll have a lot of people (6ix Squad, peers, administration) who are ready and willing to help. Don’t be afraid to talk to us.
Favourite Quarantine Activity: Taking long walks (during non-busy hours) and Podcasts
Favourite Toronto Restaurant: Kinka Izakaya, Momofuku, Pai
Hidden Talent/Fun Fact: I’ve climbed Mt. Fuji twice
Priti Kairamkonda
Favourite Class: Macro-Economics with Walid Hejazi
Quick Tip for 1st Years: Don’t stress about GPA too much
Favourite Quarantine Activity: Updating Instagram @MBAinCanada
Favourite Toronto Restaurant: Mugi
Hidden Talent/Fun Fact: I can finally make round rotis
Aaditi Lnu
Favourite Class: Macro-Economics
Quick Tip for 1st Years: Being structured right from the start goes a long way
Favourite Quarantine Activity: Cooking, baking, writing poems
Favourite Toronto Restaurant: Warehouse
Hidden Talent/Fun Fact: I check people’s Zodiac signs quite a lot
Joel John
Favourite Class: MCV 2.0
Quick Tip for 1st Years: Embrace the suck and lean on your new friends
Favourite Quarantine Activity: Reading
Favourite Toronto Restaurant: Miss Korea
Hidden Talent/Fun Fact: Road-tripped 9 provinces
Linda Yang
Favourite Class: Strategic Management
Quick Tip for 1st Years: Rotman is full of opportunities, so don’t be afraid to take risks
Favourite Quarantine Activity: Yoga followed by a hot tea
Favourite Toronto Restaurant: Miku
Hidden Talent: Baking