Hella

Today’s classes went really well with one major exception. The exception being that in one of the courses, the professor randomly assigns groups for the projects. And the groups change. It was stated that this is how it is in the real world. While there is some truth in that, it is difficult enough managing [...]

The job for now
This afternoon I stopped by the admissions office to pick up my second round applications. As I expected, there were 15 applications waiting for me when I got there. This is up from 8-10 in round one. This is normal though since more people apply in January than way back in October. [...]

So I really should have done more research. It turns out that two of my textbooks can be purchased brand new right off Amazon.com. Even with paying 2-day shipping, I’m still coming out $35 ahead. This is really retarded. The Penn Bookstore should suck it up and match prices. It’s also ridiculous that some professors [...]

Accounting
Taxes and Business Strategy
Problems in Financial Reporting
Finance
Corporate Valuation
Real Estate Investments
Financial Derivatives (dropped last Spring, going to give it another try)
Advanced Corporate Finance
Management
Information: Industrial Strategy and Corporate Structure
Marketing
Marketing Strategy
All courses are full semester except Management.

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One of the things I hate most about starting the semester is making the trip to the bookstore. Mind you, I like to see what texts I’m going to be using for the next few months. It is more the total at checkout that bothers me. Of course, part of the student budget is set [...]

ClearAdmit has just launched an excellent resource for business school applications that combines a lot of helpful information in a very clear, easy to navigate format. Rather than a substitute for things like MBA League or the Business Week and Student-2-Student message boards, the Wiki is a very fluid and living resource that receives some [...]