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The Benefits of Combining Theoretical Knowledge and Practical Experience
by Anvar Jay Varadaraj, MBA ’13 As I reflect on my general MBA experience, my summer internship at Mars will always hold a special place. I thoroughly enjoyed my summer as an intern on Mars’ seasonal business, and I owe much of my success to the strong marketing skills that I received during the Strategic […]
Finding Success in the Strategic Operations Immersion
by Hilori Kaloti, MBA ‘13 As a former participant of the Strategic Operations Immersion, I’d like to share some keys to achieving success. Consider using these insights as you explore your options and, eventually, pursue an Immersion: Network and get to know your peers – Embrace the opportunity to learn from a group of classmates […]
Preparing for a Consulting Internship: Three Key Lessons
by Jeff Damian, MBA ‘13 Like most Johnson students, I had a great summer internship. I worked for a prestigious management consulting firm and was based in one of its offices in Southeast Asia, one of the fastest growing regions in the world. I was staffed on a transformation case that involved one of the […]
At the Intersection of Structure and Flexibility
by Bob Hatanaka, MBA ‘13 Having completed the first year of our two-year MBA program I can confidently say this experience has changed my life and prepared me for career success. Although we all share this time with our classmates, each student’s MBA experience is unique. We arrive with different backgrounds, needs, and goals. One […]
Johnson’s Emerging Markets Institute Announces Research Initiative with BNY Mellon
Research collaboration will focus on BNY Mellon’s annual investor relations survey The Emerging Markets Institute at Cornell University’s Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management is pleased to announce a research partnership with BNY Mellon’s Depositary Receipts business. This collaboration will be focused on BNY Mellon’s long-standing global survey of corporate capital markets activities, “Global […]
Highlights from the Managerial Finance Immersion and My Internship in Corporate Treasury
by Faheem Desai, MBA ’13 I remember when my classmates and I were encouraged to make our Immersion Program selections, about a year ago. As excited first-year students, we were exploring opportunities and career paths that fit our aspirations and interests. Some of us were looking to switch industries and roles, and we needed to […]
Leveraging Key Learnings from the CMAM Immersion
by Paul Margarites, MBA ‘12 The Capital Markets and Asset Management Immersion (CMAM) is an excellent set of courses and lectures covering a breadth of financial products and markets. The classes were a great environment for forming and developing opinions on the global financial markets and expressing actionable decisions on how to adapt to movements […]
Aspiring Consultants Benefit from Collaborative, Rigorous Consulting Program
by Vinay Badami, MBA ‘13 This past summer I interned with a global strategy-consulting firm out of its Boston office. I had a fantastic experience working on projects spanning the private equity, retail, and aerospace industries. Both obtaining this internship, and succeeding in leaving with a full-time offer in hand, was in large part due […]
How the SSO Immersion Helped Prepare Me for My Consulting Career
by Michelle J. Drevet, MBA ‘11 The Immersion Program at Johnson truly helped prepare me for my career switch to consulting. It provided real-world experience that I could talk about in interviews, it reaffirmed course learning so I was better prepared to solve organizations’ most pressing strategic issues, and it brought me closer to my […]