Will -
Q: Professors - Do you find that you enjoy most of the professors at Freeman? Do they make themselves available?
A: Enjoying professors is purely relative. I have only had one that I can honestly say I generally disliked. Every single professor answers my emails in a matter of hours. Every single professor is available at the drop of a hat. I have never had any trouble speaking with them. Our class sizes are small so it’s easy to get personalized attention if you want it.
I will point you to our recent Financial Times ranking of #10 for Finance. This is weighted on the quality of professors and their publishing as well as alum recommendation. But, there are shortcomings as they are people too. You just have to ask for what you want, and they’re good about giving it. Keep in mind that they all have idiosyncrasies and quirks. They’re people too. Some of them are great friends and work their tails off, but are challenging to learn from. Other are spectacular teachers, but take millenia to return papers. Some are just fantastic all around… Russ Robbins I am talking about you. (Note: I have already taken Russ’ class and cannot get any benefit from ass-kissing). So it’s tough work being a professor, but I have been pleased in general.
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Rohan // May 5, 2008 at 2:16 am
Hi
How difficult is it for people who are doing a career switch, to find a job and internship? Esp. international students.
For Eg. => From 3-4 years of IT into finance.
Do companies that come to campus recruit such students? Do they have to struggle to find an internship & Job?
Maybe you can ask 2-3 international students, who are changing their careers, to respond.
Thanks.
Will // May 6, 2008 at 10:28 am
Rohan,
I’ll see if I can find someone to respond to this. We’re in exams now, so please give me a couple of days. What I do know is that I myself came from 3 years of IT and I am going into Finance. I have gotten a handful of local financial internship offers. I went after them pretty hard knocking on people’s doors and being very forward about wanting to do finance early on. I have had great success. I got two part time offers to work on financial modeling for new venture capital products. I also got a formal real estate finance internship and a position doing modeling and business systems design for tech venture firm. People always need talented people that understand numbers. Use tech to your advantage. I’ll try to get an international student to respond to your specific international query.
Will
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