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September 2009 - Posts

• Oh oh oh, it's MGEC...

  Finance professor extraordinaire H. Franklin Allen often begins class with a motivation , a reason why we should be interested in the hours of financial wisdom to follow. After tonight's exam, the first-year class may need some motivation to continue... Posted Sep 29 2009, 08:39 PM by Muoyo Okome with 1 comment(s)

• La semana de El Infierno (trans. "Hell Week")

  ARGHHHH!!!! Pardon. So I just walked out of my MGEC (Managerial Economics) exam. It was a beast! For the last week, the first year class of this school of fish has been prepping for what second years have warned as being "Hell Week'". Yesterday... Posted Sep 29 2009, 08:27 PM by matthew stephenson with 1 comment(s)

• Recruiting in tough economies...

  So school has started! As a second year that means second year drinks, meeting new first years, and of course finding that ideal job. Recruting season kicked off this week. Honestly, even with the economy I was surprised at the number of companies that... Posted Sep 22 2009, 11:39 PM by Anonymous with 1 comment(s)

• Time is just an idea (at Wharton)

  Ok, so let's just call this an impulse post. I'm in the Quiet Study Lounge reviewing my notes ahead of the Stats quiz I have tomorrow. I'm pretty sure I mentioned this in a previous post, but if I didn't - there are too many things to... Posted Sep 22 2009, 10:47 PM by matthew stephenson with no comments

• Preterm II: Slightly Easier the Second Time Around

  If you're a partner, you likely already know that Preterm is a fantastic time to be here in Philly - students are getting to know one another and are happy to know you too, and there are great social activities happening every day. That being said... Posted Sep 21 2009, 11:56 AM by Wharton Partners Club with no comments

• Brand Management vs. Public Relations

  I just coined a new term: richefiche (pronounced reesh-feesh). Richefiche is when you freak out so much about how many things that you have to do for hours on end and ultimately end up doing nothing. I felt richefiche setting in about two hours ago after... Posted Sep 17 2009, 12:44 AM by matthew stephenson with no comments

• What Happened to Sleep?

  So I thought second year was supposed to be sooo much easier. I guess maybe it is for people that aren't leaders in 3 clubs, and on Pub Committee, and a TA for Marketing 621. And there's this thing called recruiting, which starts basically now... Posted Sep 16 2009, 08:12 PM by jrl9999 with 3 comment(s)

• Lost on Current Affairs

  So as you can see there is a time gap between this post and my last - we'll attribute this to the official start of the B-school year last week and the onslaught of academia that has decended upon the first year class. Right now my fellow classmates... Posted Sep 16 2009, 01:39 AM by Justin Overdorff with no comments

• First Day of School / Africa Business Forum

  2AM - When much of the magic happens (unfortunately), so I will attempt to pen this quickly. It seems that business school often involves a tradeoff between sleep and doing stuff, but I suppose that is life... Welcome back! And thank you for returning... Posted Sep 14 2009, 01:53 AM by Muoyo Okome with 1 comment(s)

• Time Keeps on Ticking

  So here at Wharton you learn some interesting new math techniques. Somehow between my Accounting, Statistics, and Economics classes I derived this new equation: 1 day + Pre-Term Classes = 3 week delay in diary submission The math is fairly intuitive so... Posted Sep 04 2009, 07:01 PM by Kevjorik Jones with 1 comment(s)