On his first day of post-undergraduate work as a financial analyst, Dillon Baley (Class of 2024) found out he was accepted to the University of Virginia Darden School of Business as a Future Year Scholar through Darden’s deferred admission program. Secure in the knowledge that at least one element of his future was charted, Baley focused fully on his interests in finance and energy, taking his degree in business from the University of Texas to a valuation consulting firm for a year before moving to Solomon Partners to pursue his interest in investment banking. “After building a strong foundation in accounting and finance at the valuation consulting firm, I knew…