Meet the 19 year old MBA student
Apparently, there is a 19 old attending at Arizona State University's W.P. Carey school of business. According to this article he is quite the prodigy.
The Los Angeles native began attending community college at 8 years old. He transferred to UCLA at 12, graduated with a degree in math, and at 16 enrolled in an online master’s program in cybersecurity at Brandeis University.n fact, Cavalin is the youngest MBA candidate ever accepted to the Carey School, and likely among the youngest in the U.S. at any school. MBA candidates of his age are extremely rare at B-schools, even more so at the top schools. In testing year 2016, the Graduate Management Admissions Council reports administering over 250,000 GMAT exams, only 1,464 of which were delivered to candidates under 20 years old. Many of those may have taken the exam multiple times, GMAC reports.
Stephen Taylor, assistant dean of graduate programs at the Carey School, says the admissions committee was beyond impressed by Cavalin, who “epitomizes” what they look for: students who will thrive at a university steeped in innovation. But his prodigy-like accomplishments weren’t his only asset. Taylor says Cavalin showed maturity beyond his years.
“We valued his relevant work experience at NASA, his diverse interests, and his ability to communicate his transferrable skills,” Taylor says. “He has many unique talents and abilities that we felt he would bring to the class — his mathematics degree and cybersecurity experience, and he’s a pilot, a pianist, and is accomplished in the martial arts.
“We saw in Moshe someone who clearly sets goals and accomplishes them.”
What do you think of this kid?
Good for him. But why is he going to low-tier MBA school if he already has strong, marketable quantitative skills? The most valuable part of business school is networking, and Arizona St. is far from a powerhouse in that category.
ASU does have the most alumni who have stared in porn movies....
beat me to it
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To this day, I regret not doing my undergrad at ASU.
Probably because it's free. ASU offer full scholarship to every admit students.
:'(
Poor kid did not have a childhood.
Professional student
I think that, sometimes, really smart people do really stupid things. I'm sure the kid will land OK in the long run.
Poor, immigrant family + lack of understanding of what an MBA is for + free tuition = whoopsies
Seriously, the kid is probably going to invent FB 2.0 though, I think he'll be OK.
His father is a professor and his mother was pursuing a CPA. I don't think his family is poor.
You never see these people in the real world starting a business or working for a firm. They tend to stay in academia.
Wow. What a wonder kid. I thought I only seen it in a TV series. I guess he started young upon entering community college and honed his strong skills. He will become successful later on and probably do great things one day.
I know a way you could spend your money to get as much value out of it as an ASU MBA - flushing it down the toilet
Well, the dude isn't paying a dime for it, so that analogy is bunk in this context.
Why not work in the real world for a little bit at that young of an age then you know..apply to a real MBA program.
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