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Parth (Pete) Singh

Class of 2026
Pronouns: He/him/his
Currently Studying: BBA in Finance, Minor in Business Analytics and Pre-Law
Member (Clubs): , National Society of Leadership and Success (NSLS), ,

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Why did you choose Ģ����Ƶ��վ and the Lubin School of Business?

Choosing Pace was less a single decision and more a convergence of location, opportunity, and community—all pointing in the same direction.

I started my academic journey as a philosophy major, drawn to big questions, frameworks, and the idea that how you think matters just as much as what you know. Over time, I found myself gravitating toward markets, capital structures, and the mechanics of how value is created and destroyed in the real world. Philosophy gave me a lens; finance gave me a field to apply it.

When I discovered Pace’s finance program in the Lubin School of Business, something clicked. When the Dean’s Merit Transfer Scholarship made it financially possible, I knew I had to take the leap. That scholarship did more than open a door—it changed the trajectory of my life.

There is a quote I often think about from Donald Rumsfeld: “There are known knowns… known unknowns… and unknown unknowns.” When I transferred, I knew I wanted finance, and I knew New York City was where I needed to be. What I did not know were the people I would meet, the opportunities I would have, and the version of myself I would become here. Pace has been the place where those unknowns became real, one opportunity at a time.

How have clubs on campus helped enrich your student experience?

More than anything, clubs taught me how much I still had to learn—and gave me the community to figure it out.

Beta Alpha Psi has been especially meaningful to me. Before getting involved, I understood finance academically. Being surrounded by students who were genuinely passionate about the profession—reading deal news at breakfast and debating capital markets between classes—changed how I engaged with the subject. It stopped feeling like coursework and started feeling like a calling.

Stepping into the vice president role pushed that growth further because leadership made me see the organization not just as something I was part of, but something I was helping shape. The conferences Beta Alpha Psi brought me to expanded my perspective in ways I did not expect. Sitting in rooms with students from top programs across the country and hearing from professionals working at the highest level sharpened my sense of where I wanted to go and the standard I needed to hold myself to.

opened a different kind of door. As treasurer, I took on real accountability within an organization that values leadership development. It introduced me to a network of people who were equally intentional about their growth, and that environment naturally brings out your best. It also broadened how I think about leadership—not just professionally, but in how you show up for others.

Together, these two organizations shaped both my student experience and the professional I am becoming.

What has been your favorite opportunity at Pace?

It is hard to choose just one, because Pace has given me opportunities I did not know existed until I was experiencing them.

The Beta Alpha Psi conferences stand out as some of the most formative experiences of my time here. Being in a room with driven accounting and finance students from across the country, exchanging ideas, hearing from industry leaders, and representing Lubin at the national level reminded me that the standard I hold myself to should keep rising. Those conferences expanded both my network and my sense of what is possible.

PaceBound was meaningful in a different way. It gave me the opportunity to represent Pace while connecting with prospective students and sharing my own story. As a transfer student, being able to speak honestly about the opportunities, support, and community I found here made that experience especially personal. It reminded me how powerful it can be to help someone else picture themselves in the place that helped shape you.

The competitions also stand out. Representing Pace in the CFA Institute Research Challenge and the AGA Government Finance Case Challenge meant presenting analysis in front of industry professionals and defending ideas under pressure. Those experiences challenged me and helped me grow, and I am proud to have represented Lubin in those spaces.

The access you have here—to professors, industry events, competitions, and New York City itself—is something many students elsewhere would value deeply.

Do you have any advice for other Lubin students?

Take every opportunity you can, especially the ones that push you outside your comfort zone.

The students who stand out are not always the ones with the highest GPA. They are the ones who show up early, stay curious, and raise their hand before they feel fully ready. Readiness is often built through experience, not before it.

Lubin sits at the center of the financial world. The access you have here—to professors, industry events, competitions, and New York City itself—is something many students elsewhere would value deeply. Be intentional about how you use your time, because opportunities rarely come looking for you. You have to pursue them.

And build relationships genuinely, not transactionally. The people you meet at Lubin—your peers, professors, and mentors—will matter long after graduation. Invest in those relationships the same way you would invest in anything meant to grow.

What does #LubinLife mean to you?

It means being part of a university that believes in you before you have fully learned how to believe in yourself.

For me, #LubinLife is the Dean’s Scholarship that made attendance possible, the conferences that broadened my perspective, the competitions that tested my preparation, and the organizations that gave me meaningful leadership responsibility while I was still a student. It is the city outside the classroom and the community inside it working together in a way that feels uniquely Pace.

Most of all, it means being part of something that continually pushes you to close the gap between who you are and who you can become. That is what I will carry with me long after graduation.

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