What’s good, folk. I’ve decided to try something a little different with this post and hope that some of you find it useful.
A couple of days ago, I was talking to a Fuqua MBA1 student about summer recruiting at my employer and he mentioned that reading this blog had encouraged him to write a regular column in the Fuqua campus newspaper. He asked if he could send me some of his stuff to review and offered to post it up here to share his experiences with my readers, which he thought was a great idea. Well, I really liked his article and plan on posting others that he sends to me to help give people a view of what life is like at Fuqua for the benefit of anyone planning to apply there. I didn’t ask the writer if I could put his full government name up here when I posted his article, so I’ll just call him “U.M.” when I post his stuff.
This got me thinking about how I can maximize the usefulness of this blog. I’ve been able to provide a decent look at what life was like at the GSB, but I can’t offer anything about how it would be as a student at any other school. Plus, my perspective as a student is out of date now that the GSB has rolled out the new curriculum. So, I’d like to open this blog up to folks who can provide some insights about life at their respective B-school campus. If any other B-school students would like me to post his/her perspectives on their school, feel free to email me with some text to post.
Y’all know I’m all about making this blog as useful as I can, so now I’ve found a way to get all of you to help me in doing that
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U.M. wrote:
“The highly imperfect life of a first year!!
Term 2 – Déjà vu.
For those of you who have been reading my column, I hope you notice the change in the heading. The not so perfect life of a first year has now turned into a highly imperfect life of a first year.
Term 2 has started and with it came new resolutions. (Much like the ones that you make at a new year!). I will go to the gym. To go to the gym, I will get up early. I will read that WSJ copy every day. I will give Aroma (that’s my car), a car wash. I will finish the book – travels of a T shirt (supposed to be done during the GI course). To my roommate who thinks he can cook very well (never seen him cook anything but rice)- I will cook a full meal. I will cut down on eating chocolates. I will go jogging and play tennis.
Unfortunately, none of the above came even close to implementation. It has become increasingly difficult to keep my tummy sucked in while posing for photographs at parties. Aroma needs new tires, a speaker system and an oil change and our household groceries budget consists primarily of frozen foods.
So what do you do, when all your efforts to improve, fail? You resign. There is something called fate and it takes a hold over every person at some point of time or another. I think fate has effectively taken hold over me ever since I came to Fuqua and there is little that I have accomplished on my own free will.
Despite all of this I am happy to report that Fuqua life is fun and enjoyable. The primary reason for this is the people you meet. No matter how busy people get, everyone here has smiles on their faces. Well, almost everybody. I suspect that has to do with the fact that before coming to school every morning, everybody has a peg of whiskey, wine or whatever that gets them intoxicated. There is no other way that one roof can have so many happy people under it.
In the classes, I enjoy Strategy the most. Not for the content, but for all those exotic places that the professor has visited. In marketing , I get through by nodding my head whenever the professor looks at me. Rubbing my chin with my fingers and opening and closing my mouth now and then, so that it looks as if I was just about to make a very important point and someone stole my thunder. With my quant skills there no point even trying in finance so I just sit back, relax and enjoy the class.
So what do I do at the Fuqua School of Business that makes me worthy of being here? What did I promise to do in all those long essays and interview answers? Just one. I try to be myself. At times a little ambitious. At times a little foolish. At times a little honest. Flood my inbox as always and tell me- that’s not so bad, is it??”
A couple of days ago, I was talking to a Fuqua MBA1 student about summer recruiting at my employer and he mentioned that reading this blog had encouraged him to write a regular column in the Fuqua campus newspaper. He asked if he could send me some of his stuff to review and offered to post it up here to share his experiences with my readers, which he thought was a great idea. Well, I really liked his article and plan on posting others that he sends to me to help give people a view of what life is like at Fuqua for the benefit of anyone planning to apply there. I didn’t ask the writer if I could put his full government name up here when I posted his article, so I’ll just call him “U.M.” when I post his stuff.
This got me thinking about how I can maximize the usefulness of this blog. I’ve been able to provide a decent look at what life was like at the GSB, but I can’t offer anything about how it would be as a student at any other school. Plus, my perspective as a student is out of date now that the GSB has rolled out the new curriculum. So, I’d like to open this blog up to folks who can provide some insights about life at their respective B-school campus. If any other B-school students would like me to post his/her perspectives on their school, feel free to email me with some text to post.
Y’all know I’m all about making this blog as useful as I can, so now I’ve found a way to get all of you to help me in doing that
——-
U.M. wrote:
“The highly imperfect life of a first year!!
Term 2 – Déjà vu.
For those of you who have been reading my column, I hope you notice the change in the heading. The not so perfect life of a first year has now turned into a highly imperfect life of a first year.
Term 2 has started and with it came new resolutions. (Much like the ones that you make at a new year!). I will go to the gym. To go to the gym, I will get up early. I will read that WSJ copy every day. I will give Aroma (that’s my car), a car wash. I will finish the book – travels of a T shirt (supposed to be done during the GI course). To my roommate who thinks he can cook very well (never seen him cook anything but rice)- I will cook a full meal. I will cut down on eating chocolates. I will go jogging and play tennis.
Unfortunately, none of the above came even close to implementation. It has become increasingly difficult to keep my tummy sucked in while posing for photographs at parties. Aroma needs new tires, a speaker system and an oil change and our household groceries budget consists primarily of frozen foods.
So what do you do, when all your efforts to improve, fail? You resign. There is something called fate and it takes a hold over every person at some point of time or another. I think fate has effectively taken hold over me ever since I came to Fuqua and there is little that I have accomplished on my own free will.
Despite all of this I am happy to report that Fuqua life is fun and enjoyable. The primary reason for this is the people you meet. No matter how busy people get, everyone here has smiles on their faces. Well, almost everybody. I suspect that has to do with the fact that before coming to school every morning, everybody has a peg of whiskey, wine or whatever that gets them intoxicated. There is no other way that one roof can have so many happy people under it.
In the classes, I enjoy Strategy the most. Not for the content, but for all those exotic places that the professor has visited. In marketing , I get through by nodding my head whenever the professor looks at me. Rubbing my chin with my fingers and opening and closing my mouth now and then, so that it looks as if I was just about to make a very important point and someone stole my thunder. With my quant skills there no point even trying in finance so I just sit back, relax and enjoy the class.
So what do I do at the Fuqua School of Business that makes me worthy of being here? What did I promise to do in all those long essays and interview answers? Just one. I try to be myself. At times a little ambitious. At times a little foolish. At times a little honest. Flood my inbox as always and tell me- that’s not so bad, is it??”
