© International Baccalaureate Organization 2007 Student Testimonials: Jada Neumann, Investment banking analyst I graduated from the French Immersion I
{"Image DocumentName": "Student Testimonials: Jada Neumann, Investment banking analyst", "Image ImageDescription": "I graduated from the French Immersion International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme. I was then accepted to the Commerce program at Queen\u2019s University, and received a Major Entrance Scholarship worth  26K. Currently I work in Toronto as an investment banking analyst, my dream job which I am very happy to have just begun. Further, the ability to transfer credits offers the opportunity to either reduce your initial course load, or to use them as prerequisites to upper-year courses and start off in more advanced and interesting classes than would otherwise have been possible. IB definitely allows you to start with a head up on those who followed the Provincial stream only. With less effort spent on simply learning to handle the increased coursework expectations, time is freed up to take full advantage of the university experience \u2013 that being of course socializing and making new friends, extracurricular sports, committee involvement, and career planning. This latter point is where I noticed the biggest difference among university classmates. Those who came from an IB background (as many in Queen\u2019s Commerce did) seemed focused from day one, knowing from the beginning what it would take to achieve future success beyond university; others seemed overwhelmed. Performance in the early years of university is arguably more important than that in the final years, since this is what leads to internships and what is seen by recruiters as early as third year. IB allows you to be ready for those crucial early years.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}