Hello! My name is Jesse Ferlianto and I will also be one of your fellow Class of 2012 student bloggers on MBA Student Voice! This is my first post out of many, so please check back regularly and be rewarded with honest insights1 and even saucy observations into student life at UCLA Anderson.
I am writing with a few assumptions in mind:
1) You don't visit this site to read a paraphrase of info contained in the glossy brochures and official websites.
2) You are a busy individual, and do not have interest in me dragging you along 2,000+ words of boilerplate blogger text.
3) You have a plethora of business school blogs to choose from, and want to know what makes UCLA Anderson students unique.
Feel free to offer feedback or comments if you'd like to add considerations to the list above. With that said, allow me to offer a little background information:
I grew up in the Los Angeles area and went to high school in Studio City (Harvard-Westlake). For undergrad I went down south to Emory University - Goizueta Business School (Atlanta), majoring in business and economics with a minor in music. I also enjoyed four incredible years of college tennis while I was there. Afterwards, I worked in financial restructuring (distressed investment banking) at Alvarez & Marsal and Morgan Joseph.
I'm married to an incredible and lovely woman named Susan. While she is working full time as a tax consultant at Deloitte, we will be riding this incredible MBA adventure together over the next 22 months. One way for her to get plugged in is through events with other Anderson couples through Joint Ventures. If you are married or are attached to anyone in any "significant" way, rest assured. There is a good mix of single and married people at Anderson and integrating significant others ("Sig-O's") into the Anderson family is easy, and very much encouraged.
All right, I'm signing off for now and will be back with some more thoughts soon. Thanks for your interest in the wonderful student life we have here at Anderson. I look forward to continuing this dialogue with you over the course of the next year.
-- Jesse Ferlianto, Class of 2012
* Here's a picture of Susan and me with fellow Anderson first years. It was taken during a spontaneous game night after our first day of orientation. (Photo courtesy of Arvind Chandrasekaran)
Notes:
1 Views expressed in this blog are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the views of my fellow bloggers or the UCLA Anderson administration.
