{"id":6868,"date":"2020-01-07T08:14:33","date_gmt":"2020-01-07T13:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/admissions\/?p=6868"},"modified":"2020-01-07T10:29:16","modified_gmt":"2020-01-07T15:29:16","slug":"culture-and-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/admissions\/2020\/01\/07\/culture-and-community\/","title":{"rendered":"MBA Students Discuss Darden Culture and Community"},"content":{"rendered":"

S<\/span>econd Year Darden students were recently featured as part of a three-part<\/a> video series (along with Dean Scott Beardsley<\/a> and standout Professor Lalin Anik<\/a>), hosted by MBA-focused publication Poets and Quants. During a sit-down interview with Editor-in-Chief John Byrne, the three students shared their personal experiences at Darden.<\/p>\n

Alexander Gregorio (Class of 2021)<\/p>\n

You’ve got people who are willing to go into the trenches with you, who are willing to work late nights, and who are willing to take time out of their day and teach you how the heck to do a DCF (discounted cash flow) and what debit and credit mean. I was a poet \u2014 there was no quant in me before I came to Darden. There is no better place where you can learn, be challenged and grow as an individual, so when you walk out of Darden, you’re ready for whatever the real world is going to throw at you.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Chawit Rochanakit (Class of 2021)<\/p>\n

You can find how to build an income statement, contribution margin, even operations in a factory \u2014 you can find that knowledge anywhere, but it’s not common for you to find a group of people that can influence you to become a better person.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Alexandra Medack (Class of 2021)<\/p>\n

I knew in order to be a true corporate leader you had to understand finance and marketing and operations, and so I really wanted to broaden my aperture and knowledge base and Darden… well, this is exactly the place for that.<\/p>\n

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