Friday, August 26, 2005
CBS Orientation - Day 4
We had a fun 'trading' game. I think it was part ice breaker, part team building, and just a lot of competition. MBA-ers at Columbia are very comptetitive. They thrive on it even.
We also had an overview session on the case method, which was, again, delivered by an awesome faculty member. I really look forward to cases to learn about industries I am not familiar with, and issues I have never encountered. Oh ya, and then I also get to apply some of my New-MBA-Ninja-Like knowhow. How exciting is that?
I received my financial calculator. OK, I am in big trouble because this thing has some 300 pages of material on how to use it and how to work the functions. wah? Really now, is 'torture by calculator' necessary? ... and it looked so cute and unassuming in the package... now I want to give it back. My laptop didn't even come with as many instructions.
Tonight was free billiards with an open bar for the entire class (over 500 of us). Funnily enough, I saw some people's game improve. My game, however, not so much. I still left with a winning record, 4 free drinks, and a few more Cluster adoptees. I love honorary clustermates.
We also had an overview session on the case method, which was, again, delivered by an awesome faculty member. I really look forward to cases to learn about industries I am not familiar with, and issues I have never encountered. Oh ya, and then I also get to apply some of my New-MBA-Ninja-Like knowhow. How exciting is that?
I received my financial calculator. OK, I am in big trouble because this thing has some 300 pages of material on how to use it and how to work the functions. wah? Really now, is 'torture by calculator' necessary? ... and it looked so cute and unassuming in the package... now I want to give it back. My laptop didn't even come with as many instructions.
Tonight was free billiards with an open bar for the entire class (over 500 of us). Funnily enough, I saw some people's game improve. My game, however, not so much. I still left with a winning record, 4 free drinks, and a few more Cluster adoptees. I love honorary clustermates.
# posted by MargaritaLuvr @ 12:00 AM 
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No problem. I feel the need to disclose what orientation is about because Columbia told us NOTHING about what was going to happen.
We were essentially told to be there, or give up our spot in the class. Ya, not so pretty.
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We were essentially told to be there, or give up our spot in the class. Ya, not so pretty.
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