by  Yujie Sun (MS Statistics ’19) Finding an appropriate internship opportunity is hard for students. During my journey in finding an internship, many resources at the school were useful. Tools for Clear Speech helped me improve my English, and the GCMC Advisors helped me modify my resume and urged me to take steps that would help me get where I want to go. Attending the Graduate Internship Course Networking Sessions also helped me learn about internship opportunities from other students. Eventually, I got my internship opportunity by applying on Zicklin CareerLink. The company where I interned, Tal Solutions , is a FinTech company that provides insights to financial-services clients. My job is as a Data Scientist, not as an Investment Analyst. Therefore, it’s possible to be a Data Scientist in the finance industry even though you do not have a background in finance. My daily responsibilities are to train and tune machine learning models, analyze data provided by clients, a...

by Shokolatte Tachikawa (MBA ’20) I am a nontraditional MBA student with mid-career experience prior to my undergrad at CUNY Medgar Evers College. I graduated with a Bachelor’s in Finance and Economics from Medgar Evers in January 2018 and came straight to study at Zicklin School of Business from June in the same year. Before college, I had worked mostly in finance companies such as Citibank, Merrill Lynch, and Bloomberg having only a high school diploma. My plan when I started undergrad was to go back to those finance companies because I was familiar with the corporate culture. I enjoyed studying finance and wanted to continue, but then I decided to pursue my MBA. I actually never thought I would every attend grad school in my lifetime. When I started my studies at Zicklin, my goal was still to go back to where I used to be but with an MBA degree. However, in my second semester, I realized that the MBA is not just about learning management or counting money. I met great ...