{"id":8768,"date":"2012-12-07T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-07T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/centers\/2012\/12\/07\/how-the-managerial-finance-immersion-managed-to-surprise-me\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T18:18:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T18:18:29","slug":"how-the-managerial-finance-immersion-managed-to-surprise-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/centers\/2012\/12\/07\/how-the-managerial-finance-immersion-managed-to-surprise-me\/","title":{"rendered":"How the Managerial Finance Immersion Managed to Surprise Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<\/head>

by Raul Trevino, MBA ’13<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Having worked in corporate finance for nearly four years at two multinational companies prior to Johnson, I didn’t think there was going to be much more for me to learn about corporate finance. So upon learning about each of the Immersion Program<\/a> offerings, I wasn’t immediately sold on the Managerial Finance Immersion (MFI) and how it would benefit me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During my first semester at Johnson, when students typically finalize their Immersion selections for the spring semester, I thought about where I wanted to see myself in the future. I evaluated all the options<\/a>, talked to second-year students and to the Career Management Center<\/a>. I made sure I talked to students who had backgrounds similar to mine, and, in doing so, I realized how much I was going to learn in the Managerial Finance Immersion<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I talked to Steve Calk, the MFI Leader, and he told me what to expect in this Immersion – and, more importantly, what a career in corporate finance (post-MBA) looks like. Even though I accumulated a decent amount of finance knowledge during my work experience, I still had ways to go. After all, I did not come across many accounting courses while getting my bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering. MFI was starting to make more sense for me. In this Immersion I could polish my financial skills and learn more about how to solve real corporate finance issues along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, I was right about polishing my skills, but I didn’t expect I would learn as much as I have. I’ve learned to think like a CFO, and some classes and faculty members have really pushed me (in a good way). They’ve helped me expand and advance my skills. I’ve learned about many things I was never exposed to during my previous work experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, learning all this during my first semester at Johnson allowed me to perform well – and gave me all the tools I needed – during my summer MBA internship. All of the financial modeling and accounting done during the semester paid off during the summer and helped me secure a full-time offer. I look back on where I was only a year ago, and I can’t believe how much I have learned. My corporate finance background was definitely a good start, but the Immersion really set me apart.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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