# Recent alumnus Reid Velo (MBA '19) is featured as part of Clear Admit's "Real Humans of BCG" segment, spotlighting the strength of Stern's community, including fellow students, faculty and administrators

1 School News April 20, 2020 ![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/2020/04/real-humans-of-bcg-reid-velo-nyu-stern-19-consultant/) -- "Also, I’d like to hijack this question to emphasize the importance of paying it forward. When I was a 1st-yr MBA student, I was fortunate to have a 2nd-yr friend who must have practiced 7 case interviews with me. He was an inspiration and it was only right to pay it forward when I became a 2nd-yr student. You’ll experience the same thing."

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