Pursuing Academic Interest And Goals At Deloitte University

1 What are your academic interests and goals? How have you explored your interests in your first year at UVA, and what are the next steps you would like to take toward achieving your goals? (limited to 3000 characters or ~500 words) * My greatest fear is unfulfilled potential, so naturally—channeling this fear constructively—I'm driven to pursue personal growth opportunities while also helping organizations achieve their full potential too, because anything less just wouldn't be right. To me, there is no better way to achieve this goal, understand the significant institutions in our lives, and combine seemingly divergent topics than through the consulting industry. As such, I’m interested in federal and commercial consulting in large part

Applying these skills “in the field,” I led a team of three others to compete in the Deloitte National Undergraduate Case Competition. Ultimately, as a result of hard work and a willingness to put in long hours to make up for any gaps in knowledge, we achieved First Place as the only team composed of first-years and received an all-inclusive trip to Deloitte University—the firm’s training headquarters in Westlake, Texas. We then rode this momentum and applied our skills to compete in the McIntire School of Commerce Business Ethics Society’s competition, achieving Second Place as one of the only first-year teams. Most recently, the outgoing VCC board selected me as the new Director of Operations for the next academic year, lauding my dedication not only to personal success but also to mentoring and bringing others up alongside me.

Combining academic interests in social psychology, economics, and government, I’ve been able to realize my interest in consulting. This summer, I will take next steps by working at Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. as TV Trade Marketing Intern in their studios and headquarters in Burbank, CA, directly alongside the Group Vice President. After a year of achievement and exploration, I can’t wait to see what next year has in store—hopefully alongside a community

While the RV market does not seem ripe for growth and expansion when viewed solely in financial terms, an investment strategy emerges when one factors in demographic, socioeconomic, and pop culture trends—namely the number of Baby Boomers retiring, millennial reluctance to buy homes, and the “tiny house movement” which advocates against consumption and promotes living in environmentally conscious, self-sufficient 100-400 square foot trailer homes.

In whole, like Whitman — and those embracing the “tiny house movement”— I am not made to live in fences and look forward to every opportunity to string together contrasting