Name: Xingyu (Vera) Senior Major: Economics Minor: Business Institutions CFS Program: Business Field Studies My internship at Blue Cross Blue Shield has been an inspiring experience. The manager gives me the responsibility to work on a project that makes substantial impact on increasing company efficiency. One assignment that I did focused on system prompt consolidation….
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Shawn on Week 7 of his Fall 2013 Internship
Name: Shawn (Seungyup) Junior Major: Economics & Mathematics CFS Program: Business Field Studies I am spending my most exciting quarter at Northwestern with Chicago Field Studies. When I was admitted to the program in April 2013, I had to go through the process of thoughtfully screening the right company that I would enjoy working for…
Daniel on Week 6 of his Fall 2013 Internship
Name: Daniel Senior Major: Industrial Engineering CFS Program: Business Field Studies My time at Blue Canyon Partners has been an enlightening one and the Chicago Field Studies program acts as a complement to my internship experience. On my first day at Blue Canyon, I had no clue what “consulting” was or how to navigate the…
Catherine on Week Three at her Fall 2013 internship
Name: Catherine Senior Major: Economics CFS Program: Business Field Studies I am interning for a hedge fund called Coe Capital Management. My internship process was very exciting because I was able to interview with all different types of firms from private equity to consulting to hedge funds. At the end day, it was very difficult to…
Madeline on Week One at her Fall 2013 internship
Name: Madeline Junior Major: Economics Minor: Political Science CFS Program: Business Field Studies I am a strong proponent of treating internships like a double-sided, ten-week interview. Sure, both parties get immediate benefits. The employer gets a fresh set of eyes and someone willing to quickly turn around whatever assignment is given to them. The intern has…
Meet CFS Alum: Moira
Name: Moira Class of 2013 Major: History Minor: International Studies CFS Program: Business Field Studies The program was great — I was able to learn a lot of new things through the BFS class and then apply what I learned in my respective internships and beyond into my professional future. The articles were very interesting…
Meet CFS Alum: Stephen
Name: Stephen Class of 2013 Major: Economics CFS Program: Business Field Studies The program does really teach a lot about the field in business for individuals who have little to no experience in it. It allows students to learn about what other fields are doing and explore if they would like to enter those fields….
Meet CFS Alum: Melody
Name: Melody Current Year: Senior Major: Economics & Statistics CFS Program: Business Field Studies This year, I decided to take a break from the routine of taking required classes every quarter. CFS provided a way to do that while still receiving class credit, so I enrolled for the Business Field Studies program spring quarter. Initially, I was very stressed….
Meet CFS Alum: Daniel
Name: Daniel Current Year: Senior Major: Communication Studies CFS Program: Business Field Studies [My teacher] was incredibly personable and made discussions incredibly relevant to what we went thru everyday at work. He challenged us to think outside the box and created a great class dynamic where everyone really enjoyed attending discussion…I enjoyed how genuinely invested my…
Meet CFS Alum: Tayler
Name: Tayler Current Year: Senior Major: Economics & History Minor: BIP CFS Program: Business Field Studies I appreciated that we were given full responsibility and treated like members of the team. I am sure you could leave a 6 pm every day if you wanted to and everyone would be okay with it because you’re…
Meet CFS Alum: Janus
Name: Janus Class of 2013 Major: Economics CFS Program: Business Field Studies The best advice I can give you is to own your internship. If you don’t like the way something is done, ask the right people about ways to change it. Actively give feedback to those managing you, even if the advice is unsolicited. Actively ask for…
Meet CFS Alum: Surbhi
Name: Surbhi Current Year: Junior Major: History & Math Minor: BIP CFS Program: Business Field Studies I worked at an investment bank through CFS and it was the best decision I ever made. I was vacillating between consulting and banking and wanted to gain experience in either field before I entered junior year recruiting. I’m so happy I chose an…