Financial Modeling Accelerator a highlight for graduating senior

The Rutgers Wall Street Financial Modeling Accelerator stands out as a highlight for Suvrat Dwivedi, a graduating senior at Rutgers Business School-Newark. 

The program is designed to give selected students intensive, in-depth knowledge and experience with modeling techniques used by the most sought-after finance professionals. Participants are placed into a small cohort of peers and gain access to two graduate-level courses.

“The Financial Modeling Accelerator encouraged me to take courses that enhanced my experience while deepening my understanding of working in finance,” Dwivedi said. The program offered Dwivedi one-on-one counseling, summer training and preparation, a fall financial modeling and valuation course, peer and alumni mentoring, and extracurricular involvement all link theory to practice for professional development.

Kenneth Freeman, CFA and director, Road to Wall Street Program, created The Financial Modeling Accelerator with Luke Greeley, Ph.D. and associate dean, undergraduate – Newark program, to provide Newark undergrads with the chance to enroll in MBA-level Financial Modeling classes. Many Newark students are transfers, so they miss the opportunity to apply for the Road to Wall Street program in freshman year.

Freeman said, “Suvrat Dwivedi greatly contributed to both MBA-level Financial Modeling classes. He asked very insightful questions in a class with MBA students and raised the level of understanding for everyone.”

During a summer internship at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC), Dwivedi was surprised by how extensive the Rutgers network is on Wall Street. “I connected with a current RBS master’s student who was a careered vice president of SMBC,” he said.

Dwivedi was active in multiple student groups, including the Rutgers Finance Society. He mentored students and helped them hone their communication skills so they could put their best foot forward during interviews with prospective employers. “I love seeing other students land internships. That is very rewarding,” he said.

Dwivedi’s outstanding academic achievement, service to RBS, and leadership potential earned him selection for the Dean's Distinguished Leadership Award, along with Neha Bhat, BS ’25, and Alisha Vij, MBA ‘25.

The award, created in 2011, recognizes student leaders from Rutgers Business School's graduate program and its undergraduate programs in Newark and New Brunswick. Every year for commencement, each recipient's name is engraved on the Rutgers Business School bell as a lasting recognition.