week five...

Week five has been filled with lots of coursework… A nice week to catch up on some reading and get some assignments turned in. The study group this term is very different from the one I was in last term. We are still working together, but while the group last term discussed every case assignment for hours on end, this group just talks through things in an hour or two then someone works on the draft and we all get together to review it. It still works, but I think I preferred the old system better, as we got more benefit from listening to everyone’s view and really digging into the issues. Oh well!

Seems everyone has less time this term also since we have separate groups for our core-elective courses, and also our NBD project teams, so there are always tons of group meetings to schedule, and trying to fit in everyone’s conflicting schedules can be quite a challenge. At least I am happy to report that I am spending fewer day stuck in group meetings in the business school when they chuck us out of the building at 11pm. That is definitely a good thing!!

Another big thing the class is currently organizing is our participation in the MBA Olympics. It is a tournament hosted every year by HEC (a business school in Paris), that brings together MBAs from the top 15 or so business schools in Europe for four days of athletic competition and networking in May. We have 145 people out of a class of 225 signed up to go, so it should be a very interesting few days! It is such a big event that the administration of the school has arranged for our Thursday and Friday classes next term to start a week earlier so that no students will miss any classes for the event. There are bout 20 sports/activities that can be competed in, and so far I’ve expressed interest in: Rowing, Mountain Biking, Cross Country, Ultimate Frisbee, and of course Tug-of War! I resisted the urge to join the Salsa Dancing team, but I fully intend to practice with them whenevery my schedule allows! :)