Duke MQM Student Blog

Graduating during the pandemic after completing my master’s degree from my bedroom was certainly not how I pictured my final moments in the MQM program. However, those last few months brought forth a unique learning experience.

The MQM application can appear to be a very challenging task at first. But with a little help from this blog, hopefully you'll be off to a great start.

You want to make the most of your application so that you can join Team Fuqua, and I’m here to help guide you on how. First things first, it’s important to realize that Fuqua takes a very holistic approach to its admissions process.

Last fall, I had the absolute honor of representing Fuqua and Duke as a finalist in the Adobe Analytics Challenge. I was flown out to Adobe’s headquarters in San Jose, California, to present our big ideas in front of a panel of judges and a live audience.

Signing a lease for an apartment without seeing it, in a city you have never lived might sound like a daunting task and let me be honest with you, it is. So, here is the brief version of how I ended up staying where I did.

Now that we've graduated and most of my MQM classmates and I have entered our permanent vacations from academia, I can honestly say—I miss online classes.

Last October, I spent a week in San Francisco during fall break and immersed myself in the Bay Area and its culture. It was a fantastic experience for a tech enthusiast like me and a great opportunity to learn more about West Coast jobs.

Each year we release a jobs report, which is a snapshot of where our graduates land. While I'm always proud to share where our students are going and how each is pursuing his or her goals, it's also a moment of reflection.

I didn't know that everyone is alone together. hough that may sound a bit existential, I soon realized that I wasn’t the only one in the program who left everything behind to attend Duke in hopes of building a better life.