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Natalie Bartolomei

Natalie Bartolomei

What are your plans post graduation?
I will be working as a paralegal specialist at the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division in Washington, D.C. before applying to (and hopefully attending!) law school in the 2024 fall cycle.

What is your favorite ECON memory?
Studying in Main for the core econ classes with my friends Carolyne, Christina, Mel, and Elizabeth.

What is your proudest achievement at Northwestern?
My honors thesis in Legal Studies, in which I used an econometric model to analyze Planned Parenthood v. Casey’s undue burden standard (with the very gracious help of Professor Lewis). I won the ‘Best Thesis’ award in the Legal Studies Department. šŸ™‚

Isabelle Carlisle

Isabelle Carlisle

What are your plans post graduation?
Next year, I will be working in Spain as an English teaching assistant. I look forward to traveling, eating and cooking delicious food, and improving my Spanish and teaching skills. In fall 2024, I plan to attend law school. I am interested in the areas of criminal, civil rights, and public interest law. I hope to help reform the criminal justice system to make it more just and equitable.

Michael Chen

Michael Chen

What are your plans post graduation?
I’m working in Chicago and building an NBA spread model on the side

Xiangheng Chen

Xiangheng Chen

What are your plans post graduation?
I will be joining the Boston Consulting Group as an Associate.

Zak Chorny

Zak Chorny

What are your plans post-graduation?
Consultant at KCIC.

What is your favorite ECON memory?
Helping to interview new Econ professor candidates.

What is your proudest achievement at NU?
Overseeing the orientation process for all incoming Weinberg students.

Georgia Assanuma Dutra

Georgia Assanuma Dutra

What are your plans post graduation?
I will be working in consulting at McKinsey & Co in Chicago, then possibly returning to school for a graduate degree.

Chenjunyi (William) Feng

Chenjunyi (William) Feng

What are your plans post-graduation?
Get a Master degree at Harvard Graduate School of Education and do something big in reality TV industry.

What is your favorite ECON memory?
Accidentally getting As in some Econ classes.

What is your proudest achievement at NU?
Got to collaborate with those talented individuals coming from diverse backgrounds.

Hannah Abigail Feuer

Hannah Abigail Feuer

What are your plans post graduation?
I will be working as a journalist at a newspaper in Burlington, Vermont!

Hank (Henry) van der Goes

Hank (Henry) van der Goes

What are your plans post graduation?
Iā€™m working in finance in New York City.

Denis Gribincea

Denis Gribincea

What are your plans post graduation?
Working in International Arbitration as a Research Analyst at Brattle Group

Sarina Ku

Sarina Ku

Feben Lemma

Feben Lemma

What are your plans post-graduation?
Associate Financial Analyst at Google

What is your favorite ECON memory?
During freshman year I was having a hard time with Economics and wasn’t sure if I wanted to continue with the major, but Professor Sara Hernandez had a very encouraging and empowering conversation with me during her office hours, and I have never looked back since!

What is your proudest achievement at NU?
Studying abroad in London during my senior fall quarter, and visiting France, Hungary, Belgium, The Netherlands, Spain, Italy, and Morocco!

Matthew David Lindstrom

Matthew David Lindstrom

What are your plans post-graduation?
I will complete a 5-year service commitment as a submarine officer and nuclear engineer in the United States Navy. After the Navy, I plan to get my Master of Business Administration from Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Yixin (Carina) Liu

Yixin (Carina) Liu

What are your plans post graduation?
I will be joining Roland Berger as a Junior Consultant in Chicago

Benjamin Lualdi

Benjamin Lualdi

What are your plans post graduation?
Research assistant for two economists at the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago for Professors Rick Hornbeck and Anders Humlum.

Daniel Luo

Daniel Luo

What are your plans post graduation?
PhD in Economics at MIT!

Hamza Mahmood

Hamza Mahmood

What are your plans post graduation?
Investment Banking at William Blair.

Austin Mao

Austin Mao

What are your plans post graduation?
I will join McKinsey & Company as a Business Analyst before matriculating to the Feinberg School of Medicine to pursue an MD/MBA.
Irena Petryk

Irena Petryk

What are your plans post graduation?
I’m pursuing my master’s in International relations at the University of Oxford.

Marielena Ramnath

Marielena Ramnath

What are your plans post graduation?
Moving to NYC to work in Sales and Trading at BNP Paribas.

Richa Sehgal

Richa Sehgal

What are your plans post graduation?
I will be working in private markets quant research in New York next year, then potentially returning to school for a graduate degree.

Sahil Seth

Sahil Seth

What are your plans post graduation?
I will travel to Asia for 3 months and then work at Bain & Company as an Associate Consultant.

Mili Shah

Mili Shah

What are your plans post graduation?
After completing a fellowship in either teaching English in France or working at an education nonprofit in India, I will be moving to New York City to work as strategy analyst at Accenture.

What is your favorite ECON memory?
Getting to take Urban & Regional Economics and Complexity Economics with some of my best friends.

What is your proudest achievement at Northwestern?
Balancing successfully writing my econ senior thesis and running our Model United Nations conference (NUMUN) this year!

Rayna Song

Rayna Song

What are your plans post graduation?
Associate at BCG Chicago

Li Kang Tan

Li Kang Tan

What are your plans post graduation?
I’m headed back to my home country, Singapore, to work in the civil service.

Tanya Venkatesh

Tanya Venkatesh

What are your plans post-graduation?
I am moving to New York City to work as an associate consultant for EY-Parthenon.

What is your favorite ECON memory?
All the fireside chats with Prof. Joel Mokyr and Prof. Hanlon

What is your proudest achievement at NU?
Monopoly with Prof. Hornsten

Peir-Jye Wang

Peir-Jye Wang

What are your plans post-graduation?
Consultant at Resolution Economics down in Chicago.

Isabella Wu

Isabella Wu

What are your plans post graduation?
Investment Banking in New York.

Xiangnong Yu

Xiangnong Yu

What are your plans post graduation?
Masters in International Affairs on the Economic Policy track at Columbia University, perhaps focusing on central banks and monetary policy.

Annie Yaqin Zhou

Annie Yaqin Zhou

What are your plans post graduation?
I will attend the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins to pursue a master’s degree in international relations.

Ryan Zlotky

Ryan Zlotky

What are your plans post graduation?
I am going to work as an Associate Consultant for Bain & Company in their Chicago office.