Day 48: Rooftop Vibes

Jamie Horowitz 2016

As I sat on the rooftop terrace of the MSBA offices, I stared at the New York City skyscrapers that were lighting up the night sky. I entered into a rare moment of reflection in which I tried to think about everything that has happened to me during the last eight weeks. I remembered walking onto the roof of Cogent …

Day 47: Unlimited Potential

Zach Wang 2016

Before I even applied to this program, I knew I needed to spend one of my college summers in New York. Growing up on the West Coast and being born in Kansas, the East Coast was completely foreign to me. I don’t have any family in New York and most of my friends are from California. MSBA offered me a …

Day 46: Family Values

Addison Nitto 2016

Today we visited Modell’s Sporting Goods Headquarters and had the incredible fortune of speaking with the company’s CEO, Mitch Modell. Despite the fact that we were emailed the address and instructions for how to get to Modell’s corporate office, a couple of us had some trouble finding it. Already running late and relatively unclear as to where we were going, …

Day 45: Same Theme, Different Dream

George Lemmon 2016

Becoming a professional athlete was always the dream when I was growing up, but what young athlete doesn’t aspire to that? Every single basketball player has found themselves commentating on their own solo practice saying, “3…2…1….” to simulate the scenario where they’d be playing Game 7 of the NBA Finals with the final shot to win. I slowly came to …

Day 44: New Perspectives

Alex Combs 2016

It’s hard to say something that hasn’t been said before when the consistency of this program is so strong. Heading guns blazing into the seventh week, I can guarantee that just like the students before us, no one can believe that MSBA 2016 is almost over or even begin to fathom everything we’ve done. Tonight was a wakeup call for …