The beginning of August marked the end my penultimate semester at Fordham Business School. Over the summer semester, I took three classes: Personal Branding, Financial Planning Case Studies and Marketing of Financial Services. Personal Branding was an exceptional class, taught by a Senior Partner at Ogilvy & Mather. It provided me with valuable perspective on succeeding in today’s workforce. In the Financial Planning Case Studies course, we examined real-life examples of people in need of financial advice. Our assignments consisted of preparing tailored recommendations. This course is meant to be taken toward the end of the Financial Planning curriculum and touches upon all the topics studied in the course work at Fordham. The Marketing of Financial Services was different from any class I’ve taken at Fordham. This class was administered online by the professor. This provides students with flexibility, even the lectures were posted online.

Next semester I look forward to learning about Real Estate Finance, Estate Planning and Leadership. The semester kicks off the first week of September.