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September 2011 - Posts
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At the beginning of the school year, I was hoping to use the first quarter to settle into a routine. However, now four weeks into the real semester, I realized that there was no final routine way to live your MBA life: the routine is about constantly...
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Social, academic, extracurricular - Wharton's trifecta equivalent of the legislative, judicial, and executive. Three puzzle pieces which snugly consummate all the time I spend here at Wharton not sleeping, which is a lot of time. Swamped and exhausted...
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24? I think it's time to challenge that number. Why? Consider this: 1. The boxing club wants me to practice and sweat HARD three times a week. 2. The tennis club requires me to spend hours on the court 3. My Stat prof wants me to ace a quiz every...
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Since I've spoken quite a bit about the social aspects of Wharton so far, let me take a moment to address academics. Yes, Wharton is indeed a school, and people are here for a world-class education in business. That means--horror!-- that it is in...
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Lest I go an entry without writing about dessert somewhere, here is an entry entirely about dessert. Last week we wrapped up an intensive week-long class on leadership and teamwork, the core of which was a computer simulation in which we pretended to...
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According to Jerry Seinfeld , historian emeritus of the human condition, public speaking reigns supreme as the greatest fear that Americans have , notched comfortably one spot ahead of death , a disappointing number two. (Re-read previous sentence). Public...
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Last two weeks couldn't be better in teaching you about diversity. What is the difference in mindsets across different geographies? What do people know about other cultures and what do they assume? How is it working with people coming from different...
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Federico enchanting us all with his falsetto version of "Total Eclipse of the Heart." Sabine enjoying her first s'more. Three grown men paddling a canoe... backwards. Retreat was awesome. My fellow diarists have done an excellent job of...
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