Quantitative Economics Major Jobs and Graduate School Acceptances 2021
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Yujin Jeon
Major: quantitative economics
Hometown: Seoul, Republic of Korea
Graduate School: Washington University in St. Louis
Field of study: business analytics
How has Dickinson prepared you for life after graduation?
Dickinson made me a well-rounded person by embracing various academic areas.
What are you most anticipating about your career or post-graduate pursuits?
I am so excited to develop my analytics skills as well as knowledge in the business field, which will prepare me for becoming a more competitive candidate for a job after graduation. I also would like to enhance my communication and interpersonal skills.
What are some of the defining moments of your Dickinson experience?
The study abroad program in Beijing, China.
Internship Experience
Premium Merchant Funding, New York City. As a funding specialist, I was responsible for building the business pipeline of more than 200 individuals by contacting existing and prospective clients daily. I introduced over 20 different financial products, such as line of credits, factoring and credit repair programs.
Catie Nolan
Major: quantitative economics
Hometown: Richmond, Virginia
Employer: Wells Fargo
Job title: risk control analyst
Job Responsibilities
Incoming analyst for enterprise control development program.
How has Dickinson prepared you for life after graduation?
Dickinson has given me the skills to tackle a pile of issues and address them in an efficient way. Dickinson has given me the skills to quickly adapt and learn.
Internship Experience
Wells Fargo: risk management
Charlotte Cao
Majors: quantitative economics, mathematics
Hometown: Hangzhou, China
Graduate School: Northwestern University
Field of study: analytics
What are some of the defining moments of your Dickinson experience?
Student-faculty research on the retirement plans of Americans affected by the Great Recession in summer 2019, a milestone on my career path as a data scientist, which helped me to apply the quantitative knowledge that I have learned in the classroom and also settled my academic interest in data analytics.
Internship Experience
Data Analyst at HIKVISION, a world-leading digital tech company in China.
Irene Tang
Majors: mathematics, quantitative economics
Hometown: Beijing, China
Graduate School: New York University/University of Chicago
Field of study: financial engineering
Internship Experience
- Plug and Play China, Beijing, China - internship as venture analyst of Fintech Vertical.
- China International Capital Corporation Limited (CICC), Beijing, China - intern in the Investment Banking Department.
- Bank of China Head Office, Beijing, China - PTA in the Risk Management Department of the Global Marketing Division.
- Deloitte, Beijing, China - intern in the Auditing Department.
Sarah Morgan
Major: quantitative economics
Hometown: Bethesda, Maryland
Employer: NERA Economic Consulting
Job title: research associate
Nina Spoelker
Majors: mathematics, quantitative economics
Hometown: Braddock, Pennsylvania
Employer: Enterprise Knowledge, LLC
Job title: analyst
Job Responsibilities
I will be working in the strategy branch of a knowledge management firm, where we help to organize and streamline the flow of information among employees of an institution/company/organization with a focus on advanced technological solutions and artificial intelligence.
How has Dickinson prepared you for life after graduation?
Through my liberal-arts education at Dickinson, I've learned basic skills like how to write emails, how to work well in groups and how to lead meetings -- all things that will come in handy at my new job. I owe my current peace of mind to Dickinson and its students, past and current, and to the faculty I've had throughout the years.
What are you most anticipating about your career or post-graduate pursuits?
I look forward to moving to a new place and experiencing what life is like after attending school for so long—I'm excited to begin my career in the real world!
What are some of the defining moments of your Dickinson experience?
My first defining moment at Dickinson was leading the Theatre Pre-Orientation as a sophomore first-year mentor (FYM)—I was so honored to be hired as a FYM, and being able to guide the incoming first-years after having participated in the program myself was a dream come true. I was also proud when I was inducted into Alpha Lambda Delta and the first time I stage-managed a mainstage production for the Department of Theatre & Dance. And many prospective Dickinsonians have reached out to me after being featured in a Student Snapshot, which has given me the chance to connect yet again with incoming first-years—a perfect way to end my Dickinson career!
Ha Hoang Vu
Major: quantitative economics
Hometown: Hanoi, Vietnam
Graduate School: Duke University
Field of study: business analytics
Bridget Williams
Majors: mathematics, quantitative economics
Hometown: Ellicott City, Maryland
Employer: T. Rowe Price
Job title: business analyst
Job Responsibilities
Working with T. Rowe Price's Client Data Rebuild team to work on data quality issues in company data.
How has Dickinson prepared you for life after graduation?
Because of my Dickinson education, I am super confident in myself and my abilities. My degrees allow me to enter a competitive job market with transferable skills and experience. The leadership experience gained through my endeavors on campus has given me the ability to lead with precision and grace.
What are you most anticipating about your career or post-graduate pursuits?
I am excited to start to build my career and apply the skills I've learned in the classroom in a larger context.
What are some of the defining moments of your Dickinson experience?
My time in Delta Nu, my classes with Associate Professor of Economics Anthony Underwood, my time as a tour guide and working for Admissions.
Internship Experience
Global technology intern at T. Rowe Price: worked with the Client Data Rebuild Team on company data issues and learned new programming languages.
Tara Dedrickson
Majors: computer science, quantitative economics
Hometown: Pasadena, Maryland
Graduate School: Johns Hopkins University
Field of study: post-baccalaureate premedical program
How has Dickinson prepared you for life after graduation?
Dickinson has taught me how to apply information to various fields, and thus I will be able to apply my computer science and quantitative economics background even within the medical industry. Dickinson has also given me confidence in leading others and engaging in tasks with others in meaningful ways. Furthermore, I now have a strong perspective on the importance of meaningful relationships and time management in accomplishing tasks and working with groups.
What are you most anticipating about your career or post-graduate pursuits?
I am anticipating spending long hours and a lot of effort in pursuing medical school. I am looking to attend medical school shortly after completing my post-bac program and am still rather open minded about which profession within the industry I want to do though I am interested in surgery.
What are some of the defining moments of your Dickinson experience?
- Being a member and captain of the Dickinson women's soccer team was extremely impactful to me because it taught me how to foster meaningful relationships and apply work ethic in healthy ways to all aspects of life.
- Founding and serving as president of the Women in Economics Club was really fun and also taught me a lot about what it means to be a leader and mentor to those around me. I felt that my efforts could positively impact the students who come after me, and therefore I felt a lot of fulfillment in trying to ensure that the next generation of students will have the positive experience that I did.
- Participating in events, like cohosting in a Clarke Forum for Contemporary Issues event taught me information about myself that has continued to impact my perceptions and career path.
- I was interested in data science before coming to Dickinson and therefore was very excited to be a contributing member of the Data Science Initiative that resulted in the establishment of a Data Science Major this year!
- I participated twice in the Innovation Competition @ Dickinson which was profoundly helpful in learning to communicate and determine efficacy of ideas. It also opened the door for me to meet many alumnus, including Zach Wahl '98 who I ended up interning for for two summers and who supported me and taught me many lessons about both life and career paths.
Volunteer or Service Organization
University of Maryland Medical Center: volunteer in the Shock Trauma Operating Room.
Internship Experience
I interned for two summers at Enterprise Knowledge located in Arlington, Virginia. I worked as a technical intern and helped the company to develop their intranet, conduct client-facing code reviews and help build out taxonomies for clients for information management.
Brock Hartman
Major: quantitative economics
Hometown: Hanover, Pennsylvania
Employer: NewDay USA
Job title: credit analyst/accelerated underwriter
Job Responsibilities
- Analyze and evaluate mortgage loan documents to determine that loan conditions meet specific standards.
- Complete educational courses in partnership with the Mortgage Banking Association.
- Participate in character driven leadership courses designed for emerging leaders.
- Effectively utilize lending guidelines to assess loan risk and eligibility.
- Analyze and evaluate income, financial standing and credit rating of NewDay USA's potential customers.
- Review findings from the Automated Underwriting System and provide validation.
- Ensure accuracy of mortgage loan disclosures and documents.
How has Dickinson prepared you for life after graduation?
Dickinson taught me how to work hard and grind to accomplish the goals I have. Additionally, the liberal-arts education prepared me for being a well-rounded individual.
What are you most anticipating about your career or post-graduate pursuits?
Getting started on the life I created with my four years of hard work.
What are some of the defining moments of your Dickinson experience?
To me, the most invaluable experiences were the opportunities to meet new people and make everlasting friends. It was also an honor to compete in college athletics for the track and field team.
Calvin Wirfel
Major: quantitative economics
Hometown: Summerhill, Pennsylvania
Graduate School: University of Virginia School of Law
Field of study: law
Kat Pham
Majors: quantitative economics, mathematics
Hometown: Hanoi, Vietnam
Graduate School: University of Paris 1 - Patheon Sorbonne
Field of study: Erasmus Mundus - Models and Methods of Quantitative Economics
How has Dickinson prepared you for life after graduation?
I think that my experience at Dickinson really has opened my eyes to many issues of the world, and being an international student, my years at Dickinson have trained me to be more self-reliant and more curious about the world—the different cultures that I have encountered, the social movements that I have observed. The things that I learned here are sometimes intellectual—how to express my thoughts eloquently or how to challenge ideas—and sometimes social—how to host an event or how to work with others. At Dickinson, I have also met people who showed me compassion and kindness beyond their duties, and their actions forever inspire me to become generous in the future. Before coming to Dickinson, I was just a teenager worrying about the outside world. After four years of Dickinson, the world is still as uncertain and ever-changing as it was, but now I am more confident in myself.
What are you most anticipating about your career or post-graduate pursuits?
The opportunity to travel to different places and learn new things. My graduate programs allow me to study in different locations in Europe, and I can't wait to practice speaking French again! I think another important thing that I anticipate in my future after Dickinson is the chance to challenge what I have learned and to define who I am.
What are some of the defining moments of your Dickinson experience?
- International Orientation Week, where I made a lot of friends from different countries.
- Becoming a writing tutor.
- Studying abroad in Toulouse, France, and abruptly coming back to campus once COVID hit.
- Traveling with friends to different places during spring break.
- Seeing my friends again in the spring semester after being alone for the entire fall semester.
- Working on my papers in the library until 2 a.m. in the morning.
- Attending the "What's a Good Life?" retreat.
Is there any other information you would like us to know?
I think I have walked a meaningful journey at Dickinson. There were ups and downs—things that I wished I had known better, things that I wished could have happened differently, but also things that made me happy, things that helped me realize that I am living a good life.
Internship Experience
- Actuarial intern at Equitable Life Insurance Company (June 2020 - August 2020), remote due to COVID-19.
- Accounting intern at Fujitsu Vietnam Ltd. (May 2019 - August 2019) in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Naiomi Capellan
Major: quantitative economics
Hometown: Corona, New York
Employer: Amazon Web Services
Job title: global lead development rep
How has Dickinson prepared you for life after graduation?
I feel like Dickinson has given me a well-rounded education. I feel like I can adapt and am capable of applying skills to different career areas. Dickinson has prepared my critical-thinking and problem-solving skills. I feel more empowered.
What are some of the defining moments of your Dickinson experience?
I was very glad to work with the Office of Residence Life & Housing during my time at the school. It helped me define skills, work with teams, learn conflict management and learn more about communicating with people at different levels. It was a great way to connect with peers. I met a lot of friends and connected with a lot of people through my years as an RA and then later a CA.
Internship Experience
Amazon Web Services, Open Road Integrated Media.
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Published March 29, 2021