Personal Statement: A Career in Business

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Probably, most people start their personal statement with “ever since I was little…”, but that’s not the case for me. My story is a little different; I always wanted to be an architect or an engineer, studying anything business-related simply never even crossed my mind, until recently, when a great-uncle of mine recommended I read The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham. After reading it, I was fascinated. I dove deeper into business and finance, and found it amazing. The relationship between nature, mathematics and business astonishes me. Things like how Fibonacci described a way to identify reversals, centuries before stocks were invented, mystifies me.

Since then, I’ve read many other books, subscribed to podcasts, joined student groups, started a small business and even started studying a finance major at my local university. Even considering the lack of free time that I’ve had since I got into business and finance, I haven’t had a doubt in my mind about what I want to study and do in my life.

The reason I plan to leave my current university to study in London, is because...

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