My Career

I am a second-year Accounting student with a minor in Engineering Sciences. I became interested in business after my experience working as the Vice President of Finance in William Mason High School’s student-run bank, Comet Savings & Loan. I oversaw the income statement and balance sheet with over $100,000 and ensured they were balanced at the end of day operations. From this, I learned attention to detail, time management, and leadership skills as I mentored four employees. From there, I decided to major in Accounting. Last summer (2020), I had the opportunity to work as a Loan Operations Intern at First Financial Bank and booked and audited over 7000 SBA loans requiring attention to detail. My plan for this summer (2021) is to intern at Cohen & Company in Cleveland in their Assurance practice. In the future, I plan to sit for my CPA after graduation and hope to work in Financial Risk Advisory. I attached my resume for reference as to what I have been involved with at Ohio State that has shaped my leadership and professional experiences.

McKenzie Snyder’s Resume

Artifact

My artifact is my camera. I bring my camera almost everywhere to capture the pictures for memories. When my family goes out west to hike, my sister and I both bring our cameras. We have beautiful pictures from wildlife, to glaciers, to mountains. When I came to college, I brought my camera to record memories with friends. My camera has also aided in my education as I took a photography course at Ohio State for my art credit. At Ohio State, I learned how to shoot manual. Overall, I chose my camera as my artifact because it captures my life, my friends, and my memories.

G.O.A.L.S

Through my time at Ohio State, I am trying to learn as much as I can to prepare for my future. My goals for my future involve graduating from Ohio State with my bachelor’s and masters in Accounting in four years with the MAcc program. I would then have my 150 credit hours to sit for my CPA exam. I want my career to involve giving back. Through my time at Ohio State, I have gotten involved in various service projects in Mount, or by being the Winter Break Service Trip Chair for my professional business fraternity, or being actively involved in my sorority’s philanthropy, Make-A-Wish. Giving back has become a big part of my college experience and I want to continue that in my career.

Artifact 2

I chose my running shoes as my artifact because I run almost everyday after class to relieve stress. Running allows me to focus on my work for the rest of the day and clear my head. Also, on my running shoes there is a tag that says “she believed she could so she did” and I use that as a reminder in my academic career to set my goals high and go for them.

Year in Review

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G.O.A.L.S.

[ “G.O.A.L.S.” is a place where students write about how their planned, current, and future activities may fit into the Honors & Scholars G.O.A.L.S.: Global Awareness, Original Inquiry, Academic Enrichment, Leadership Development, and Service Engagement. For more guidance on using your ePortfolio, including questions and prompts that will help you get started, please visit the Honors & Scholars ePortfolio course in Carmen. To get answers to specific questions, please email eportfolio@osu.edu. Delete these instructions and add your own post.

  • Global Awareness: Students cultivate and develop their appreciation for diversity and each individual’s unique differences. For example, consider course work, study abroad, involvement in cultural organizations or activities, etc.
  • Original Inquiry: Honors & Scholars students understand the research process by engaging in experiences ranging from in-class scholarly endeavors to creative inquiry projects to independent experiences with top researchers across campus and in the global community. For example, consider research, creative productions or performances, advanced course work, etc.
  • Academic Enrichment: Honors & Scholars students pursue academic excellence through rigorous curricular experiences beyond the university norm both in and out of the classroom.
  • Leadership Development: Honors & Scholars students develop leadership skills that can be demonstrated in the classroom, in the community, in their co-curricular activities, and in their future roles in society.
  • Service Engagement: Honors & Scholars students commit to service to the community.]

Career

[“Career” is where you can collect information about your experiences and skills that will apply to your future career.  Like your resume, this is information that will evolve over time and should be continually updated.  For more guidance on using your ePortfolio, including questions and prompts that will help you get started, please visit the Honors & Scholars ePortfolio course in Carmen. To get answers to specific questions, please email eportfolio@osu.edu. Delete these instructions and add your own post.]

Artifact 1


This is a picture I took in my photography class at Ohio State for a project. It is of a flower in front of one of the dorms and I liked it because the background is blurred with a focus on the flower. I selected this artifact because I wanted to chose a picture from my photography class since that is one of my most creative classes and this is one of my favorite pictures I have taken. From this project, I learned how to shoot manually with my camera and how to adjust the aperture, shutter speed, and ISO to fix the lighting and focus. This class has been a lot of fun because I have been able to learn how to use my camera properly. Photography has become one of my favorite hobbies and I will continue to do it beyond the classroom.

About Me

Hi, I’m McKenzie Snyder and I am from Mason, Ohio. I plan on majoring in Finance and Information Systems. As of now, I am hoping to get involved in a business fraternity, a sorority, Cru, and am in Mount Leadership Society Scholars Program. In high school, I ran track and played soccer and was involved in Spanish National Honor Society and National Honor Society. I was also Vice President of Finance at Comet Savings & Loan – Mason’s school bank sponsored by Fifth Third. I created and balanced our financial documents that account for our $200,000 deposits on hand and oversaw four employees. I hope to study abroad while in college as I pursue a minor in Spanish. As of now, I hope to work in hospital administration once I graduate.