This was excellent preparation for joining the First Scholar Program at First Chicago (now JPMorgan) after graduation-a management training program combining rotations with the part-time MBA program at Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management.Ĭornell also helped me find internships that were pivotal in my path, making industry connections that would reappear throughout my career. Courses in business policy introduced me to the case method, which requires personal and professional experiences to analyze a business situation and determine the proper course of action.
I surprised myself by doing well enough in finance and econometrics-and liking them so much-that I was selected as a teaching assistant. Econometrics introduced me to multi-variant analysis, Beta, and why R-squareds matter, concepts I later used in making investment and financing decisions. Finance was arguably the toughest class in my major, and acing it gave me the confidence that I could perform and excel in an internship on Wall Street, which changed my life. When I arrived on campus and signed up for classes, I had an associate’s degree in accounting from Finger Lakes Community College but no clear plans for where I was driving my “personal bus.” Not only did classes build the foundation for a career in the business world, they also gave me an inkling of my own potential.
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