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Deciding between job offers before graduating, Marcus Dunlop '08 is now an investment banker at Goldman Sachs in New York City, which he describes as "the big city of dreams."
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Your hometown?
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Maywood, Illinois, where I attended The Proviso East High School, the home of the Pirates. |
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Why Wesleyan?
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Great opportunity to learn in a well-respected institution, with small classroom sizes, a big-school social life (state college town), and to play football at the collegiate level. |
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Your major?
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Economics and Business Administration. I have always pictured myself as a businessman, so it was an easy choice. |
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Favorite professor or favorite class?
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Portfolio Management taught by Elisabeta Pana. In the class, students manage a real dollar portfolio. The proceeds help fund the general scholarship fund. It was exciting to know it was not a simulation; I was investing real money! |
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Biggest thrill?
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Winning!! I'm really competitive, so winning at anything excites me, but winning football games is the best. Winning the CCIW Championship in Football as a senior was the ultimate. I am blessed I had the opportunity to experience that thrill. |
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For fun?
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I’m simple and a poor college student so I hang out with friends laughing, playing cards, throwing darts…and doing college kids’ stuff. I would love to travel and see the world, but I’ll have to wait till I have the funds to do so. |
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The best?
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Chicago skyline |
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Favorite book?
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The Pursuit of Happyness by Chris Gardner |
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Favorite band?
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Jay-Z and the Blazetts |
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Favorite movie?
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American Gangster
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Favorite quote?
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"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference." Robert Frost |
