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Students on the Blog: Journey from School to Work - Part 2

This is part two of our series “Journey from School to Work,” where our Office Assistant Rudaiba Islam (BBA Finance ’21) is interviewing six Zicklin students and sharing their journeys from class to work. Jocelyn Qiaoshuang Li MS Financial Risk Management ‘18 Interned at CENTSAI.com Why did you choose Baruch after obtaining a Bachelor’s from Cornell? When I decided to get a Master’s, I wanted to go to a well-known university that had a good location along with good academics. Zicklin has a very strong Finance program, and Baruch has a really strong alumni network. There are also a lot of opportunities to go to conferences, and meet new people. Our student body is also extremely diverse. So when it came to doing a cost-benefit analysis, Baruch was and is still the best option. How did you get your internship? There was an NYC based annual conference called "LendIt." Through the GCMC, I got free tickets for its 2017 conference. While there, I met with the founder