“Where do you see yourself ten years in the future?” To me, that is by far the most thought provoking question I have ever been asked. I find extreme difficulty with giving an absolute answer when there is so much uncertainty of the person I will be ten years in the future—this person may be someone totally different from the shoes I currently walk in and I would not even see it coming...
Ben Franklin once said, 'All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move.' Which are you? (300-500)Towards the beginning of my senior year, I began running two miles daily. With legs churning, I pondered a vast array of topics, ranging from debate topics and philosophical questions, to ways of asking out the cute girl in my English class...
As a sophomore, I began to expand my leadership roles by becoming captain of my policy debate team. As a mentor, I knew I needed to develop a leadership style and teaching method which would challenge my novices while continuing to maintain their interest. However, the event that epitomized my development was not an everyday experience...
What is it like to attend the University of Pennsylvania? I dream about this topic nearly every day during my college application process because I can never truly know until I have attended the university all four years. Every time I think of attending Wharton’s School of Business for entrepreneurship, I imagine sitting in my chair on Monday as the clock struck noon and it all begins...
Cussing is Not the End All Be All
When I first heard my friend say a curse word, I was shocked because I was only in middle school, and had never heard a child curse before, but here she was saying vulgar words in front of everyone. It was even more appalling when she said she was not supposed to cuss because her mama told her not to...
In America, the media serves as a leading figure to communication between society’s people, but now this mass communication has become a tool for spreading stereotypical views to people across the country. As a result, some communities have begun to ostracize people who do not follow the “norm” of society. Breaking stereotypes is important to me because I fit into two popular stereotypical groups; I am not only a Black American, but I am also a plus sized teen...
Over the past decade, analytics has evolved from being a limited support function within organizations to a strategic driver of business success. Enterprises have expanded their use of analytics across multiple functional areas in order to be more proactive in making data-driven decisions. With such a vast amount of data at everyone’s disposal, there has certainly been an unprecedented explosion of free trade and exchange worldwide which has brought about immense opportunities to develop newer tools, instruments and methodologies in the field of financial management...
My goal is a career in Risk Analytics where I could advance quantitative approaches to financial management. During my undergraduate at SASTRA University, I decided to minor in management studies by taking the courses Business Analysis, Finance, Marketing for Engineers and Quality Management. During my course in Finance, I was introduced to the concepts of mergers, acquisitions and risk management...
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