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August 2011 - Posts

• Wharton pushes my buttons

  Up until Wednesday last week, this blog post was firmly going to be about the Leadership Retreat. What a weekend it was! So much material to post about: meeting my Learning Team, discussing our values and goals (which was a really good exercise by the... Posted Aug 30 2011, 07:07 PM by Toby Clarence-Smith WG13 with no comments

• The learning team retreat: Or, campfires, canoes, and bunk beds, oh my!

  It's been just about a week since all of us returned from our learning team retreats, and we're all still struggling to recover. You may have heard about the retreat, an infamous and integral part of Wharton pre-term. Basically, the schools sends... Posted Aug 29 2011, 07:28 PM by Janine Mandel WG13 with no comments

• Beginner's Mind

  With wind still gusting outside our apartment on the 23rd floor, Schuylkill river flooding with muddy water and debris and heavy clouds hanging over the skyline, we can safely say that Hurricane Irene has left and spared us of power outrages or property... Posted Aug 28 2011, 04:28 PM by Danni Wang WG13 with 1 comment(s)

• Summer, sundaes, s'mores, Learning Teams!

  First, an update from my last post, which ended with some notes about Cohort F's preparations for the Kickball Tournament: Cohort F's team t-shirts came out wonderfully - they are pink and highly flattering! We placed in the top three for best... Posted Aug 27 2011, 11:59 PM by Charlotte MacAusland WG13 with 1 comment(s)

• A few things you should know about the Wharton Learning Team Retreat

  Your anxiety about the members of your learning team will most likely end up being overdone The probability that you will end up with five other “type A” personalities on your learning team is high. The reason they are on your team is the... Posted Aug 26 2011, 03:28 PM by Seun Oyegunle WG13 with 1 comment(s)

• Exams, Cheers and Kickball

  Dinners, parties, beer, shouting, dancing and then reality of exams kicks in. What more do students dread than exams? Even the best business schools have not invented a more student-friendly method to determine proficiency in most subject matters. Since... Posted Aug 26 2011, 02:54 PM by Seun Oyegunle WG13 with 1 comment(s)

• Learning Team Retreat

  I'm back from the two-day retreat in Catskills Mountain! Before I left, I had little or no expectation for the retreat and thought that it would be similar to my Freshman Outdoor Orientation Trip (FOOT) at Yale, when we spent a full week in Catskills... Posted Aug 25 2011, 11:07 AM by Danni Wang WG13 with no comments

• Adult Summer Camp: The Wharton Leadership Retreat

  Summer camp . Some of us cherish its memory deeply while others once whittled away their childhood summer months ensconced in the comfort of their proximity to home. The highlight of Wharton Pre-Term is a 2-day trip to a summer camp in the Catskills for... Posted Aug 23 2011, 01:15 PM by Eduardo Mestre WG13 with 1 comment(s)

• Back to school finally

  Your heart is pounding. Sweat dripping down your neck. Your eyes are searching for it everywhere, without success. Your hands are searching for the jacket to save you from the coldness of that wretched place. You wish you just vanished into thin air to... Posted Aug 20 2011, 05:15 PM by Amod Jain WG13 with no comments

• Knee Socks and Contortionism: Mid-Pre-Term

  This past Sunday, I cinched my hair into spaniel-like pigtails, painted my lips crimson red, and forced my way into a pair of way-less-unisex-than-advertised striped knee socks. Wharton Pre-Term, ladies and gentlemen. Not for the weak. This was all in... Posted Aug 17 2011, 08:41 PM by Lindsay Miller WG13 with no comments