Talk about a Jamaican success story! @calvinjw_ is such an inspiration and such a young one at that. Just 25 years-old and he’s charting some major waters and taking on the world on step at a time. Tune in now at the link in our bio for your weekly dose of inspiration!
ABOUT CALVIN
Founder of @gradquo, Calvin is a former Lafayette-Jamaica Scholar. He has several years of experience mentoring, teaching and advising students interested in pursuing education in the US, Canada, and Europe. Currently, he is an Assistant College Advisor at College Quo, helping students ace the SAT and prepare competitive applications.
Calvin is finishing his PhD in Finance at the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California. Before that, he was a Predoctoral Research Fellow at Berkeley. He has experience working on wall street and conducting research at the frontier of Economics and Finance. He has been admitted to several graduate programs in Economics and Finance including Columbia, Cornell, UT Austin. Today, he helps students get into similar programs in the US, UK and Canada.
Calvin is from humble beginnings, having grown up on Waltham Park Road in Kingston, JA with a single mother. He is fluent in French, loves working out, enjoys making music and is a cantor at Church.
WHAT WE SPOKE ABOUT
🎓Where he started
🎓Where he is now
🎓Life as a Pre-Doc
🎓Calvin’s bigger goals
🎓GradQuo 101
🎓About housing inequality
🎓Real estate data in Jamaica
🎓Calvin and singing
🎓Calvin and French
🎓Calvin and travelling
🎓Pipelines for access
🎓Calvin’s Tips
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Enjoy,
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Niki & Mich
