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Assistant Brand Manager, One A Day, Bayer Health Care
As a Vanderbilt undergraduate, Amy Schellhaas had trouble deciding on a major. So she chose two—chemistry and philosophy—which she credits with improving both her quantitative and analytical skills.
Working part-time as a diabetes researcher, Amy realized she was interested in a health care career. She also concluded that an MBA would give her a number of opportunities within the health care field. She was accepted to four business schools but chose Owen because the Health Care specialization allowed her to tailor the program to her interests. Just as important, she says, the school "is small enough that I wouldn't get lost in the crowd.
"Owen really is a community," she says. "The deans chat with you during lunch, professors invite students over for dinner and the students are each other's best friends and support system." For Amy, nothing exemplified that community more than Owen alumni. She reached out to more than 50 in the health care field—and received a personal response from each one. One of those relationships led to an internship and her full-time position with Bayer. She can't imagine many other schools, she says, where that could happen.
Amy Schellhaas
Vanderbilt MBA 2009Assistant Brand Manager, One A Day, Bayer Health Care
Overcoming Inexperience
Owen Community, Alumni Helped Give Schellhaas an EdgeAs a Vanderbilt undergraduate, Amy Schellhaas had trouble deciding on a major. So she chose two—chemistry and philosophy—which she credits with improving both her quantitative and analytical skills.
Working part-time as a diabetes researcher, Amy realized she was interested in a health care career. She also concluded that an MBA would give her a number of opportunities within the health care field. She was accepted to four business schools but chose Owen because the Health Care specialization allowed her to tailor the program to her interests. Just as important, she says, the school "is small enough that I wouldn't get lost in the crowd.
"Owen really is a community," she says. "The deans chat with you during lunch, professors invite students over for dinner and the students are each other's best friends and support system." For Amy, nothing exemplified that community more than Owen alumni. She reached out to more than 50 in the health care field—and received a personal response from each one. One of those relationships led to an internship and her full-time position with Bayer. She can't imagine many other schools, she says, where that could happen.
