Karlis Povisils '10
Pre-SOM: New Jersey Casino Reinvestment Development Authority
Summer Internship: Horizon Wind Energy
"Yale SOM allows you to set the bar higher: you are learning the skills to operate at a high level and you have access to accomplished people who can help you.”"

Janhabi Nandy '09
Member, Dean's Diversity Task Force
Summer internship: Yale President's Public Service Fellowship
"My choice to come to Yale was easy. SOM educates leaders for all sectors of society. And the curriculum is really focused on creating leaders who understand all the sectors, and can solve any problem that confronts them."

Neil Alger '10
Summer internship: Deloitte
"There's a real sense of ownership here – it's in the courses, it's in the clubs, it's in every part of the school."

Ian Moss '09
Co-chair of 2008 Philanthropy Conference
Co-leader, Arts and Culture Club
Internship: Hewlett Foundation
"Funding decisions end up having a huge impact on the way that an arts scene unfolds."

Andrew Weinman '09
Summer internship: American Century Investments
"Coming from Yale, I was prepared for my internship when I showed up on day one."

R. Gerard McGeary '09
Pre-SOM: Save the Children
Summer Internship: JP Morgan
"The new curriculum gives students the foundation they need but in a way that's more in line with how they'll actually use it in business."

Jonathan Lehr '09
Pre-SOM: Rocket Software
Co-leader, Q+ Gay/Straight Alliance, Marketing Club
Summer Internship: L’Oréal
"As I began to investigate MBA programs, SOM’s integrated way of looking at things and unique approach to teaching made sense to me. Whatever your focus at SOM, you're going to be prepared to be a leader."

Sarah Pickard '09
Pre-SOM: BlackRock
Budget Officer, Arts & Culture Club
Summer Internship: PepsiCo
"At SOM when you're given an ambiguous problem and put in a room with three peers, you learn."

John Eng '09
Summer internship: Sears Holdings
"The SOM core curriculum is built on a number of Perspectives aimed at teaching a manager to assess a problem from multiple angles."

Catherine Feng '09
Pre-SOM: Diplomat with Chinese government
Co-leader, Greater China Club
Second-year advisor, Leadership Development Program
Summer internship: BP
"I didn’t realize I had learned so much even in the first few months at SOM until I was interviewing for an internship."

Roberto Jimenez '09
Recipient, Joseph Wright Alsop Memorial Scholarship
Co-leader, Energy Club
Summer internship: Shell
"To be a great CEO, you need to understand different perspectives. And the SOM curriculum is designed perfectly to accomplish this."

Dave Bledin '09
Co-leader Canadian Club, Co-leader Media and Entertainment Club
Summer Internship: MTV
"I really enjoy both the quantitative and qualitative sides of things, and I think in business you can play to both of those strengths."

Dan Droller '09
Summer Internship: Summer Associate, Deloitte Consulting
"Medical school kept on being pushed off and I saw that I could help people and have an effect through something other than medicine."