I first heard about Southwestern Advantage from a classmate as we walked out of the first English Literature seminar of the year. We hadn’t met before but I had noticed Mel in class because she was almost as opinionated as I was, and she was the only other person in the room who wasn’t British [...]
The following is a letter that mother Michelle Fouad wrote as a reference for other skeptical or concerned parents / families. Michelle originally objected very strongly to Brandon working with Southwestern, however as the letter explains in detail, she eventually became supportive and is now one of Southwestern’s biggest fans. Dear Caring and Concerned Family, [...]
Josef Dvorak – University of Economics, Prague My name is Josef Dvorak, I am a graduate of University of Economics in Prague (Czech Republic) and I am getting ready for my seventh summer with Southwestern Advantage. I was recruited in my 3rd year of University wanting to learn English at any cost. The summer before I [...]
Drew Stapleton – Michigan State University Last year (early 2011), when I was a sophomore undergrad at Michigan State University, I was sitting at the student union with my girlfriend, Mara, and one of our friends, Wyatt. Wyatt was telling us how he had to tell this guy he was planning on doing a sales [...]
Howard Fink – Parent of Bryan Fink Bryan, Over the past four years working for Southwestern Advantage, I have seen you mature into a fine and responsible man. In order to explain my statement I need to review your time with Southwestern. I recall it was about mid February of 2008 when you said you [...]
Matthew Smith – Indiana University Roughly two and a half years ago my roommate, best friend, and current student manager Wes Linette opened the door to an opportunity and reality that I’m forever grateful for – Southwestern Advantage. No, I wasn’t a believer from day one, but a few years later I am and as [...]
Michael Mostofi Southwestern Advantage, where to begin? For me this internship has been around for a while. 6 years before I was ready to take on the challenge, my oldest sister sold books for two years then my middle sister, which is heading into her 5th summer. Both top first years, coming back after each [...]
Earl Almeida – University of Western Ontario It was just over 13 years ago that I heard about Southwestern for the first time. I started my university career in the fall of 1998, moving away from home in Toronto to attend the University of Western Ontario, in London, Ontario. The business school at Western had [...]
Billy Teschke – Notre Dame Hi Maurice, I’m writing to express my gratitude to you, the other Foundation Org. leaders Kyle Peters and Christie Bradley, my district sales manager Aaron Schafer, and the Southwestern summer sales program as a whole, especially the student managers of our group and everyone that conducted sales school in Nashville. I wanted to commend you all [...]
Brandon Devlin – University of Richmond It’s funny to think that our lives can fundamentally change based on the smallest decisions we make. In March of 2001 I was a sophomore at the University of Richmond, and I can assure you that I harbored no grand illusions of having a paradigm-shifting experience like I ended [...]