Micaela Whalen
’16 Business Administration, Concentration in Corporate Accounting & Finance
I transferred into 91³Ô¹Ï having no idea of what I wanted my concentration in the College of Business to be. I had no internship experience—all I held were retail jobs in high school and community college. I wasn't an Honors student at the time. I didn't know anyone in the College of Business.
I'm not sure whether it was the pure excitement of being a university student, or the pressure to stand out amongst my peers that motivated me—but something inside my brain triggered and it was go-time immediately once I arrived on campus. I quickly decided my major and was enthralled by a curiosity for Finance. I joined the FMA business club and instantly knew it was going to be a platform for me to engage with more of my peers, connect deeper with classmates, and find a meaningful internship.
I felt so much power as an 91³Ô¹Ï student. Not the type of power you feel when you're a tyrant leader—the type of power you feel when there are endless opportunities for you to succeed; the type of power when your intellectual curiosity is nourished... and it's a very distinct feeling of power when those two things are combined, and you're surrounded by like-minded students in an environment where each of you are—in that vey moment—shaping the course of your own journey.
It's not enough to say 91³Ô¹Ï transformed my life. At one point in time, 91³Ô¹Ï was my entire life—and I've never really had a platform to thank everyone who I met along that journey. I appreciate every single person—professors, peers, staff, alum—who aided in my success during my time at 91³Ô¹Ï.
Without you all, my story would be entirely different.
