It was my second week at Baruch and I heard these people on the second floor chanting. “Finance, Accounting, CIS!” I was with a group of friends at the time who were mostly pursuing a major in finance so it caught our attention immediately. The president of Beta Alpha Psi approached us and taught us about their motives in training young adults like us into professionals. I was intrigued by their enthusiasm and decided to attend the general interest meeting the following day. I arrived early to secure a seat since they told me their last meeting had over 80 people. During their presentation, I learned lots of information on internships, mock interviews, and resume review. I was actually amazed about how many members in BAP had internships at big banks such as Wells Fargo, Chase, etc. The way they presented themselves were also very professional, giving me inspiration to someday develop similar traits. After the presentation was over, we were given the chance to ask BAP members any questions. I wanted to find out more about potential careers with Finance and how the salaries were in each field. Charlie, who was part of BAP directed me to another representative who told me about investment banking. He surprised me with numbers that I didn’t think was possible. I learned about front office positions who were making 130k dollar salary with 2-3 internships. What I thought was a dream suddenly become achievable. Networking was also something that I learned throughout the GIM #2. I then knew that I had to go out of my way to meet new people in order to have a successful career.