Personal Statement for Investment Banking Course

Personal Statement
By Mahek Kewlani
A strong force driving me to choose a course related to accountancy
and finance is the clarity with which I made up my mind to pursue a
career as an investment banker. I firmly believe that it is the same
clarity which is essential to gear up with passion and achieve the goal
we choose. My career goal is and always has been to become an
investment banker. As Robin Sharma, in his book, 'Monk who sold his
Ferrari' rightly said, "Everything is created twice, first in mind and then
in reality," I have already forged myself into an investment banker in
my mind and am here, as I do not want to take chance in converting
my vision into reality.
Whenever I question myself this most important question, "why
investment banking after all the courses available?" I go back to my
childhood days where I used to help in the household chores to earn
my pocket money. Earning through efforts made me realize the value
of money and as I grew up I got to know the role of an investment
banker in helping the corporates in meeting their capital needs and got
fascinated with the responsibility.
Apart from aspiring my education in accounting and finance domains, I
even deserve to pursue these courses as I possess both the required
skills and past experience. Starting from my daily knowledge
enhancement routine of reading magazines such as 'investors business
daily' and 'deal book' to my physical activities participation in sports
like badminton and basketball, I try everything which helps me in my
academics.
I have a strong foundation in subjects like accounts, economics, and
math. This strong base in accounting helped me to understand
business environment, math enhanced my problem-solving capacity
and economics helped me harness my comprehension, analytical and
writing skills.