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When it came to choosing where she wanted to study, Isha Batra picked CU Boulder in part because family is important to her, and the campus is close to her Erie home.听

However, it鈥檚 worth noting that her entire family attended Colorado State, so the Batras are still getting used to having a Buff at home.听

鈥淚 wanted to be independent and go farther away, but it really just came down to a reality check for me,鈥� Isha said. 鈥淚 love Boulder鈥檚 campus and I have so many close friends who went to Leeds鈥攁nd everything I heard from them was always positive.鈥�

So far, the fit has been perfect for Isha. As a first-year student, she landed a support role in the Office of Diversity Affairs, where she helps facilitate networking events and manage social media content for women鈥檚 programs. In the fall, she started a new role as a peer life coach for the Designing Your Leeds class.听

鈥淚 think a lot of people don鈥檛 love that class, because it forces you to learn a different way of thinking,鈥� she said. The course introduces design thinking鈥攁 unique problem-solving approach that鈥檚 new to most college students鈥斺�渁nd oftentimes, there鈥檚 no one right answer. A lot of business students are used to the idea of a right answer. I really enjoy working with these students to help them understand that, but it鈥檚 also fun to look back on where I was a year ago and see how much I鈥檝e changed in a short time.鈥澨�

Part of that change came from Isha landing a coveted internship with Deloitte last summer, thanks to her work at ODA. She and her roommate鈥攂oth scholars in the Women鈥檚 Empowerment Initiative鈥攁ttended an event on building a better LinkedIn profile because attendance was light, and she wound up meeting the two Deloitte recruiters running the presentation.听

Encouraged to seek internships early

鈥淎s a freshman, an internship was never on my radar,鈥� Isha said. 鈥淭he school encourages you to go to career events early, but I was stuck in that mentality that internships are hard to get鈥攅specially as a freshman and especially at a Big Four company. It was a road that was terrifying to me at every step.鈥�

Not only that, it was a long road, with five rounds of interviews. In the final round, she actually was turned down before the company specifically made room for a second Leeds intern so she could take part.听

The discovery internship was broad, but gave her a chance to see the inner workings of the company and do real project work鈥攊ncluding a project with United Way that aimed to solve the problem of food shortages in Maui, which hit home because she spends her summers surfing in Hawaii.

鈥淭o me, the word business means helping people,鈥� Isha said. 鈥淚t was cool to see that come to life on my internship.鈥澨�

She鈥檒l be returning to Deloitte this summer, where she鈥檒l intern in its risk and financial advisory area, and while she isn鈥檛 sure what her future holds, 鈥淟eeds has me on the right track,鈥� Isha said. 鈥淭he structure and support I get is so beneficial for helping me think about what my career path might look like when I graduate.鈥澨�

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