# Two-year Full-time MBA alumna Cortne Edmonds (MBA '21) in-depth Q&A interview: "Real Humans of McKinsey & Company: Cortne Edmonds, NYU Stern MBA ’21, Associate."

1 School News March 10, 2022 ![Clear Admit logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030869.jpg?itok=C5_PIeFj)>

Excerpt from [Clear Admit](https://www.clearadmit.com/2022/03/real-humans-of-mckinsey-nyu-stern-mba-associate/) -- "After three years living in Japan, I was excited to move back to the US to get an MBA from a top-tier business school. However, I needed an environment that would be academically rigorous and that prioritized relationship building and empathy as part of that experience. Given Stern’s focus on IQ+EQ (Intelligence Quotient + Emotional Quotient), it felt like the right mix of academic rigor and values in which I could thrive as a student and a member of a community."

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