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Well the first half (H1) of the MIT Sloan semester is already over. It was a busy half semester... I thought this was supposed to get easier after the core! I have 54 credits, which is a full load. One class was marketing, a 9 credit H1 class (usually half semester classes are 6 credits) so that took up a lot of time. Nice to be done with that, hopefully H2 will be a bit smoother. In addition, after being on the waitlist for over a month, I finally got into one of the coolest classes at MIT Sloan, Finance... Readmore... Luke @ MIT |
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After a two week recovery period from the European Luxury Tour I was ready for the pilgrimage to Omaha for the Warren Buffett Trek. Our group of twenty-something flew out of Boston around 8pm on Thursday. The flight was delayed an hour and our connection in Milwaukee looked like it was going to be close. Upon our arrive in Milwaukee we ran to catch our connection only to discover that the flight had been delayed an hour and a half and would now be leaving at 12am for a 1:30am arrival in Omaha. After catching a few hours of sleep... Readmore... Nicole @ MIT |
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Twice a year our Outdoors Club organizes (among other things) a rafting trip in West Virginia. We left yesterday and arrived in our cabins at night. WV is an amazing state for those who like the outdoors and the scenery was breathtaking.
This whole week we had temperatures of 31 Celsius, but yesterday afternoon it started to get chilly and I spent the night locating and sealing the holes in my blanket wrap project.
We dressed up heavily with wetsuits and set out to explore New River - one of the two oldest rivers in the world.
We lost nobody although some people did end up swimming the waters. It was a lot of fun and good organization by the new First Year leadership of the club.
We were back in town just in time for the epic section D animal house party in an old (used to be) fraternity house.
And then there were only three weeks left...
Readmore... Oren Root @ Darden |
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While it has been a while since I finished my military service and I had finished my transition to the business world a long time ago, some of my Darden friends will be taking their first steps in doing so in about a month.
Darden is one of a few schools, along with MIT and NYU that are exceptionally military friendly. The Darden Military Association (DMA) provides the support and experience required for a smooth transition to the private sector and civilian life. Part of the perks is getting to meet some of the more interesting people who have taken this track.
This week the DMA hosted a breakfast with Kevin Sharer - CEO of Amgen and had the opportunity to discuss the transition described above combined with Kevin's life story (he insists his name is Kevin and not Sir) and contrast it with some background reading.
I found Kevin to be an honest, straight to the point, what you see is what you get type of person. When asked about his transition and his life flow that led him to his current position, he replied that "this is usually the first question I get and what you meant is "this guy has a cool job. I want to be like him. If I find out what his formula was, maybe I can do the same"". He then continued and explained that if he told us his story, we'd conclude that he won the lottery. But if we hear other people at similar positions' stories, we'd conclude they wont the lottery as well.
The truth is that life just happens regardless of plans and what we may think they will look like for us. It was nice, however, to hear that he thought (not surprisingly) highly of our military experience that besides leadership traits, has provided us with a high tolerance for ambiguity and independent and adaptive thinking. Readmore... Oren Root @ Darden |
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