Simran Sanghvi

After working at a boutique investment bank in New York, Simran Sanghvi felt she was missing a big piece to the puzzle. While many aspects of the banking job made logical sense to her, she felt she couldn’t truly enjoy her job because she was lacking crucial skills. “I wanted to solidify that knowledge and get a strong technical base,” Simran says. “When I came across Emory's Master of Finance program, it really fit what I was looking for in terms of building more gray matter.”

Simran received her undergraduate degree from Goizueta so she quickly felt at home once she entered the program. “It was just naturally put in front of me, and because I had been here before, it seemed like the right next move.”

While Simran comes from a banking background, she has enjoyed getting to know her cohort that comes from a variety of industries. “It's people who have experience in software engineering, developers, people who've been, like myself, in banking before and other aspects of finance in the program, and then you have classmates with no work experience as well,” she says. “It's really nice to have that mix because they bring different things to the table.” 

Simran has enjoyed every class she has taken, giving credit to the faculty and the industry experience they bring. “What's nice about the business school, specifically, is a lot of the professors have real industry experience, and they bring those practical situations into the classroom,” she says.

While the short, 10-month program can be academically rigorous, Simran has been surprised to learn that she doesn’t get easily flustered.

“If something comes up, and I have no idea how to do it, what surprises me is I'm happy to go into it blind, but figure it out as it comes along,” she says. “I think that really speaks to the energy in the classroom, the way the professors conduct their classes and introduce new concepts to you, and the fact that the cohort has different backgrounds and everyone's willing to help each other.”