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(Melissa) The MSF program, I think, definitely gives such a scope and breadth of opportunities

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to students, not only academically but professionally as well.

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(Kelly) We help young students determine what they might like

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to do in the finance industry through a

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no-cost program that I run called Exploring Financial Economics.

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This is one of the University of Florida's
combined degree programs.

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We take applications from UF sophomores.

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(Melissa) It's these students that haven't officially
been admitted to the MSF program yet,

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have the opportunity to network with older students who have full-time jobs, so they

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not only learn more about different career
paths and more about the MSF program itself,

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but they also have the opportunity to kind of build

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a support network among older students who

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already have those connections or are going forward.

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(Kelly) Our students place at the top bulge bracket investment banks in the United States and

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the top asset management firms in the United States.

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They consistently leave their junior summer internship with a full-time offer to return.

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They come back to their fourth year of college already having a job in hand in an area that

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they want to work.

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(Melissa) Personally, I'm graduating this May, but I already have a job.

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I'm with JP Morgan in a division in the UK,
in London.

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I'm incredibly excited.

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(Kelly) Alumni are so pleased to come help us.

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They mentor and hire students from this program, and their affinity for it is definitely something

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that makes me proud.