When Jessica Baier first arrived at Macalester, she was convinced that she would one day work for the FBI and profile serial killers.
What she discovered is that her mind just didn’t work that way. But, when she enrolled in a course in the Economics Department, she found her passion.
“When you know, you know in terms of what you want to do,” says Jessica of the Principles of Economics course. “Everything just clicked.”
This senior from Seeley Lake, Montana, is now working for Deloitte Consulting in Minneapolis as a business analyst.
June 26 2012
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