About me

Hi! I'm Anushka, and at 18, I didn’t think there were a lot of careers for social science students. Now, at 22, I’ve: 🧠 Worked with top Behavioral Science firms for non-salesy marketing (Irrational Labs, Behaven, Centre for Social and Behaviour Change) 🎓 Dropped out of UChicago’s Psychology Master’s with a $20K scholarship 📚 Interned at Cambridge and LSE, researching quantitative Behavioral Science (Dropping out of UChicago didn’t really seem like an achievement to my parents. They were (are) pretty mad) Anyway, here’s a short version of how I managed to do these “conventionally successful” things: 🧠 Consulting with top Behavioral Science firms for non-salesy marketing • Got the experience by posting on (and monetizing) my social media • Got the role either by cold DMing the CEOs or when they reached out to me (literally the only two ways) 📚 Interning at Cambridge and LSE in quantitative behavioral science • Didn’t need a lot of experience for this, so you can apply regardless of how much experience you have • Got the role by cold emailing the professors I wanted to work with 🎓 Dropping out of UChicago’s Psychology Master’s with a $20K scholarship • I don’t know what to write here, but I’ll still write something for the symmetry and aesthetics • And here, I’m writing another line. Seriously, what can I say....how to drop out? Want me to guide you? You can: 📚 Get my guides here 👩‍💻 Book a 1:1 session with here 🗃️ Get the templates I used to plan and track research internships, higher education, and jobs (free) at www.anushkakumar.com/newsletter 📧 Get actionable weekly emails to help you achieve your dream research internship / career (free) at www.anushkakumar.com/newsletter 📘 Get answers to frequently asked questions about research internships, career, higher education, and productivity (free) at www.anushkakumar.com/resources