The journey from high school to college and then through college amid Covid was anything but smooth for the Class of 2024. But thanks to persistence, tenacity and help from advisors and faculty, they’re thrilled to be headed off to various adventures. Three members of the Arts & Sciences graduating class sat down with us to talk about their journeys and offer some advice for incoming students about taking advantage of the resources that Cornell offers.

Jesse Kapstad ‘24, Abhyuday Atal ’24 and Aja'nae Hall-Callaway ‘24 have wildly different interests, but all took advantage of numerous opportunities at Cornell and in the Ithaca community and jumped in with both feet during their time here.

“Your work is going to be either classified into a job, a career or a calling, and Cornell is the place where you find that calling,” said Kapstad, who majored in government and economics and is headed to Boston for a government consulting position with KPMG. “It’s a function of your professors, your classes, your friends, your experiences that you have here. I don’t think there’s a place out there that builds it as well as Cornell does.”

Read more about the Cornell journeys of these three students on The College of Arts & Sciences website.