Post by Nidhi Subash

Almost done with my master's at UCL School of Management and this is my first post about it. Honestly? I kept putting it off. Waiting for the perfect moment, the perfect picture, the perfect words. Which is ironic, because the biggest thing this year taught me is that sometimes you just have to do it scared, imperfect and maybe even unprepared. And the most baffling part, like all the wise ones say, it truly does get easier every time. So here we are. I genuinely still can't believe this has been my reality for the past year. I'm in Canary Wharf every day? To study? The environment, the professors and all the people around me. Everyone is building something or pivoting to a new direction or pushing for more. Going from a top 10 university in the UK to one that's top 10 in the world, I can't even begin to explain the feeling. Being surrounded by that kind of ambition quietly changes how you think about what you're capable of. And it changed me. I used to overthink taking up space; answering in class, putting myself forward, just showing up louder. This year forced me past that. Didn't happen overnight, but it happened. Now with classes all wrapped up, it's a bittersweet moment. Everything I've been working towards since I was a kid, done. Ahead of me is a big, scary new leap. But what I've learned about myself this year is that I'm more prepared for that than I think. Whatever comes next, I couldn't have asked for a better view to figure it out from. To my all-time favourite view 🥂 #UCL #MSc #UCLSoM #CanaryWharf #PersonalGrowth #London