Texas MBAs Talk

It sometimes seems like the second year of business school is moving at lightspeed, so it took till October to get the old study team together for a bit of reminiscing and an amazingly hearty meal (thanks to Ms. Roselle). It’s been really strange not having everyone around considering we spent 31.5 hours a day [...]

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The Deloitte Consulting Challenge. Presented with a case at 6:30 pm, you and 4 team members are expected to read, digest, analyze, make recommendations, and present results by 8:30 am the next day. For some of you this may not be that obvious. It wasn’t for me. Basically this means you have ALL NIGHT to [...]

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Last night, I had the privilege to see Dr. Maya Angelou speak on campus as part of the Texas Union’s 75th Anniversary week-long celebration.  In her 80th year, Maya has more spunk and gusto for life than I could ever imagine.  She spoke for an hour and her lecture contained themes of respect, integrity, hope, [...]

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Last November, I attended a McCombs information session in Washington, DC. I have a distinct memory of Dean Hirst speaking to the prospective students in the room, and one thing he said stood out in particular: “Believe me, the first year students are really feeling the pressure right about now.”
Wow, was he right. I had [...]

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After a stressful week filled with two mid-terms and two papers, I finally had the chance to relax and celebrate another eighth of my MBA career completed!  Just so you know the tough week I had, let me fill you in:
Monday:  Nonprofit Management paper due
Tuesday:  Managerial Accounting mid-term and paper due
Wednesday:  Financial Statement Analysis mid-term
Thursday:  [...]

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I knew I was in trouble when I found myself aimlessly wandering around the gym….trying to figure out how to use simple machines and wondering why I was seeing three of most everything that came into my tightening scope of vision. This week has been brutal. Back to back to back midterms and a paper [...]

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Dear University of Texas Scheduling Officials,
I would like to bring to your attention a possible problem solver to make note of for next year: Conducting midterms the week after the Texas vs. Oklahoma weekend is probably not the best idea in the world for a number of reasons:
1. Driving and Studying is virtually impossible in [...]

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