{"id":49281,"date":"2025-02-14T16:17:39","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T14:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gradtutor.net\/?p=49281"},"modified":"2025-02-28T16:27:23","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T14:27:23","slug":"qa-ilja-gendler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gradtutor.net\/de\/qa-ilja-gendler\/","title":{"rendered":"Q&A with Ilja Gendler"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ilja Gendler, ISR \u201921 alumnus, Computer Science and Business student at TUM and Co-Founder of GradTutor, shares about his challenges, journey, and tips for success! \ud83c\udf1f

Q: What felt particularly difficult for you in high-school?<\/strong>
A: I had trouble finding out where I want to go. As a high-school student, I had little knowledge of various industries, jobs, and roles that could be great growth opportunities. It made my decision on choosing a subject to study significantly harder.

Q: What is your biggest achievement?<\/strong>
A: Completing an internship at BCG.

Q: What advice would you give your high-school self?<\/strong>
A: Find growth outside of school. Network, do internships, and engage in a community that’s important to you.

Q: What makes you want to tutor?<\/strong>
A: I believe that helping students grow personally and academically is extremely fulfilling.

Q: Can you share a moment from your time at school where you discovered a breakthrough?<\/strong>
A: Questionbanks! IB feels very big and heavy. But if it can all fit on a website and I can go through every single question and plan out my studying, it seems manageable.

Q: How has your IB grade helped you with your goals?<\/strong>
A: Immensely. It is a key component and heavily influences any application I submit, from universities to jobs.

Q: What motivates you to keep learning and growing?<\/strong>
A: My dedication to my values. I am a firm believer and follower of the growth mindset.

Q: What is something you teach all your students?<\/strong>
A: How theoretical concepts play out in the real world. “Supply and demand” means nothing until you can visualize it.

Q: What profession are you working towards? Why did you choose this goal?<\/strong>
A: I want to have a job in which ambitious people encounter the toughest challenges. What comes closest for me is strategy consulting at top-tier firms.

Q: What subject did you struggle with the most? How did you master it?<\/strong>
A: I struggled the most in TOK. Although I enjoyed philosophizing about the question, I knew little of the requirements of the essay and what examiners would like to see. Truthfully, I did not figure it out and ended up with a grade that I am not proud of.

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Ilja Gendler, ISR \u201921 alumnus, Computer Science and Business student at TUM and Co-Founder of GradTutor, shares about his challenges, journey, and tips for success! \ud83c\udf1f Q: What felt particularly difficult for you in high-school?A: I had trouble finding out where I want to go. As a high-school student, I had little knowledge of various […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18604,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jet_sm_ready_style":"","_jet_sm_style":"","_jet_sm_controls_values":"","_jet_sm_fonts_collection":"","_jet_sm_fonts_links":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[85],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-isr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gradtutor.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gradtutor.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gradtutor.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gradtutor.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gradtutor.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49281"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gradtutor.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49282,"href":"https:\/\/gradtutor.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49281\/revisions\/49282"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gradtutor.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gradtutor.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gradtutor.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gradtutor.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}