Tailgating - Broad MBA style
04/05/2008
by Jack Lu
Total Posts: 4
Tailgating - Broad MBA style I admit, I'm probably not the biggest drinker, and I don't think I had been to more than 2-3 tailgates before I came to the Broad MBA Program. Even though Football is s ...
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"real world learning"
02/17/2008
by Shilpa Shastri
Total Posts: 1
The Broad MBA program has offered me many challenging opportunities where I've learned to contribute successfully. Our Learning has been in many forms - theoretical frameworks, cases, both of which we ...
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Big Ten Case Competition
02/13/2008
by Kelly Jordan
Total Posts: 1
Big Ten Case Competition While the preparation is pretty intense, we all agreed that the learning process was invaluable to our MBA experience. We were able to take the knowledge and lessons from ...
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Broad vs. Broad.
02/13/2008
by Kunal Gupta
Total Posts: 2
I think the highlight for me last month was the Broad vs. Broad case competition. I had the same team as the Net Impact case competition and we were pretty much ready for the stressful situation, but ...
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"as a Broad MBA student we do have lives outside of the classroom"
02/13/2008
by Philip Johnson
Total Posts: 4
Well, I’m sure that I could sit here and wow you with all of my fun stories about the MBA program, but instead I’m going to write about something bold, confident and exciting – The Kansas City Royals ...
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Change is good
01/24/2008
by Mithu Saha
Total Posts: 1
Change is good So again…Why did I come back for an MBA? This is the one singular question that I have been asked by innumerable friends, family, acquaintances and oh yes- recruiters. After having 9 ...
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The Holiday Break
01/18/2008
by Ryan Gelisse
Total Posts: 2
The Holiday Break The first semester really moved quickly. Classes, career search, networking, social events, exams, papers and presentations all add up for a tremendously fast paced experience. B ...
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"put business school into perspective"
01/16/2008
by Philip Johnson
Total Posts: 4
Sometimes things happen that really help you to put business school into perspective. This week one of those happened to me. As a member of the Christian Business Association I was recently approach ...
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Weather, new years, and other things.
01/15/2008
by Benjamin Deneweth
Total Posts: 2
Weather, new years, and other things. Michigan weather is crazy, but it's fun. I grew up around here, but was away from Michigan for several years. Since getting back from vacation it has been over ...
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ARE YOU MARRIED??
01/15/2008
by Jared Stratton
Total Posts: 2
ARE YOU MARRIED?? For those individuals who are married, are you or your spouse considering a full-time MBA degree? Here are a few things to be mindful of and/or be prepared for: 1) The schedule ...
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Taking a break from break
12/26/2007
by Jack Lu
Total Posts: 4
Taking a break from break Happy Holidays and Merry belated Christmas, everybody! So here I am, taking my time off back in Texas. I'm going to split my blog entry into a few different sections, so ...
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Pre-crisis evolution
12/09/2007
by Jack Lu
Total Posts: 4
Pre-crisis evolution So yes, it's the weekend before finals, and for some reason, my procrastination has either continued, or I have become the master at being unproductive. That's exactly how it w ...
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Sanity Check at 5 AM
12/06/2007
by Jack Lu
Total Posts: 4
Sanity Check at 5 AM Time: 4:48 AM That's right, baby. 4:48 AM. Stats team project, check. Finance take-home exam, check. E-mails, check. Sanity? Umm.. I'm so very tired, but yet I'm not real ...
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Day in the life of... : Tuesday, November 27
11/30/2007
by Amy Swaney
Total Posts: 2
DAY IN THE LIFE: Tuesday, November 27 This is my first posting, and I promise it will be my longest. 6:00 a.m. Wake up, get ready for school. This is my normal rising time, and today my hus ...
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"I am younger than most of the other MBA students"
11/30/2007
by Benjamin Deneweth
Total Posts: 2
I am younger than most of the other MBA students, but they have always made me feel comfortable and I rarely feel that they look down upon me because of my relative lack of age, experience, or marital ...
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“How are things going for you?”
11/30/2007
by Jared Stratton
Total Posts: 2
I have a friend who is currently getting his PHD in mathematics at Vanderbilt University. One day I asked him how things were going and he replied “just less than more than I can handle”. After thin ...
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International Student Orientation
11/30/2007
by Kunal Gupta
Total Posts: 2
It is always challenging for an international student to acclimatize to a new community and culture. I am still trying to be more comfortable in the new settings. Thanks to the proactive one week Bro ...
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Internship # 2
11/30/2007
by Philip Johnson
Total Posts: 4
Well, this was a big week for me. I elected to take an offer to return to John Deere for a second internship. A second internship is an option available to me because I am a joint degree student, pu ...
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"Finals"
11/30/2007
by Stacy Dugan
Total Posts: 1
I am almost half of the way through the second year of the Broad MBA program at Michigan State University. The whole first year was a blur and this year is going even faster. Friends are interviewin ...
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Brian Anderson May Diary
05/05/2006
by Brian Anderson
Total Posts: 6
It is hard to believe that the year is ending. Where has it gone? Life has been picking up speed over the last three weeks. With parties, the Broad Community Honors Program, and the normal end of y ...
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Dara's Spring Closing thoughts
05/05/2006
by Dara Hickman
Total Posts: 9
Dear Diary, The end is in sight and it's scary! The past two weeks have been out of control...or seemingly so. The amount of team interaction that occurred was a bit much for me and I've almost ...
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GREEN IS BACK!
05/05/2006
by Francisco Avalos Marin
Total Posts: 5
Today I had 2 exams, the first one at 7:45am and the second one at 12:45pm, two hours of duration each, covering 10 and 7 topics respectively. Now, I have to focus on one more final exam and the seco ...
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Micaela 2nd Semeter Review
05/05/2006
by Micaela Benn
Total Posts: 6
Months ago, the end of my first year in the MBA program seemed to have no end in sight! Such a tremendous amount of work has been thrown my way in the past 3 months that the first thing I can do is b ...
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Nick Benore-Spring Thoughts
05/05/2006
by Nicholas Benore
Total Posts: 4
There is a difference between information and knowledge. Information is just well-organized data. Knowledge is actually being able to use that data in a coherent way. I think the metaphor that is c ...
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Wish
05/05/2006
by Sourish Sarkar
Total Posts: 4
I wish I could relive these two years. I wish I could go to all those parties I couldn’t go to, all the classes I missed on account of sleeping, all the drink-a-thons at Jerod’s place, all the ta ...
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Teamwork
05/05/2006
by Violette Ruppanner
Total Posts: 5
One of the aspects that I enjoy most about the Michigan State MBA program is teamwork. As you are probably already aware, the school puts a lot of emphasis on it. Not only do we receive a thorough t ...
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Dara's Thoughts
03/15/2006
by Dara Hickman
Total Posts: 9
I don't even know what to tell you. I feel like so much as been going on it's almost a blur. Hey, one really cool thing that has happened this week is that my Entrepreneurship class team ended up ...
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Why Spring Break isn’t really going to be a BREAK at all
03/15/2006
by Micaela Benn
Total Posts: 6
Today, a group of 12-15 2nd year students are boarding a plane to Puerta Vallarta, which indicates that for some members of the Full-time MBA Program Spring Break truly will be a week of fun in the su ...
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Lessons
03/14/2006
by Robert Lane
Total Posts: 8
As I start to look back upon my experience as an MBA student, it is the lessons that stick out most. Similar, yet different, to the lessons learned between undergraduate and graduate schools, the mos ...
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In my personal opinion...
02/23/2006
by Micaela Benn
Total Posts: 6
I always have the pleasure of reading the other students’ diary entries before they are posted because I am the graduate assistant that volunteered to coordinate the Student Diaries. What my classmat ...
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Changes
02/13/2006
by Brian Anderson
Total Posts: 6
Well a month has gone bye since we returned from Christmas break and to say life has changed would be an understatement. The fire-hose analogy with regard to the first semester was one hundred percen ...
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Second Year Winter Thoughts
02/13/2006
by Dara Hickman
Total Posts: 9
Dear Diary, I don't think I'm bipolar, but senioritis and wanting to do well in this last semester is rockin' my boat. I've found that myself and my 2nd year cohorts are definitely enjoying e ...
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“Let your hook always be cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish.” - Publius Ovidius Naso
02/13/2006
by Nicholas Benore
Total Posts: 4
“Let your hook always be cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish.” - Publius Ovidius Naso If I could sum up my internship search into one easily digestible quote, I think ...
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Case competition week!!! The most rewarding experience
02/13/2006
by Sergio Villanueva
Total Posts: 2
For our team the case competition really started on Wednesday when we made our agenda for the case competition. Obviously, the first step was to sleep well the night before the competition. I went to ...
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A Balancing Act
02/13/2006
by Violette Ruppanner
Total Posts: 5
Sometimes I wonder whether it was a wise decision to sign up for the maximum possible number of credits this semester. That does not only translate into five classes and myriad assignments of all kin ...
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Winter Days
01/03/2006
by Abhijit Das
Total Posts: 4
From day one of my MBA life here at MSU, I was quite anxious about the freezing winter and the relentless snowfall of Michigan. Well, the wishes seem to have been answered as we enjoyed snowfall as ea ...
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First Semester Ends
01/03/2006
by Brian Anderson
Total Posts: 6
As I write this entry it has dawned on me that my first semester is nearly complete. Before I began this ordeal I thought long and hard as to whether I would be successful at graduate school being as ...
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Believe it or not…our first semester is over!
01/03/2006
by Francisco Avalos Marin
Total Posts: 5
Yes! And we survived! Just as our 2nd year MBA friends predicted, our first semester flew by and before we knew it, we were fully immersed into our final exams. The rhythm was intense in the last coup ...
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Career Fairs, End of Semester Praise
01/03/2006
by Micaela Benn
Total Posts: 6
“Rigorous” is the best word that I can give to summarize the first semester of the Full-time MBA Program. Though studying has been a priority, finding time to attend various career conferences has al ...
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Career Fairs
01/03/2006
by Robert Lane
Total Posts: 8
It seems as though Career Fairs have been more important for me this year. Last year, I was barely catching my breath from the deluge of assignments when I heard about NSHMBA (National Society of His ...
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Wish Big
01/03/2006
by Violette Ruppanner
Total Posts: 5
Oh boy, how time flies! The first semester has ended already, and as I write this, my classmates are heading home to the four corners of the world or to Jackson, MI. We have celebrated the conclusion ...
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