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Entries from November 2008

Golfing it Up with GWIB

November 20th, 2008 · Filed under: Austin · Events · Liz Wetterhahn, MBA '10 · Student Life

Posted by Liz Wetterhahn

Last weekend I braved the elements (i.e. 80 degree and sunny weather in the middle of November) and my lack of hand-eye-coordination for a relaxing Friday with the members of Graduate Women in Business. They had arranged a golf scramble, which I was really excited about, although admittedly I hadn’t really taken my looming embarrassment [...]

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1st Semester = Busy

November 19th, 2008 · Filed under: Ryan Brown, MBA '10 · Student Life

Posted by Ryan Brown

Not much content here, I just wanted to let you all know: First semester is busy. Very busy. Meeting new people, networking, classes, projects, challenges, treks, meetings, informational interviews, job search…all this adds up to a few different things, at least to me:

I havent eaten a meal I’ve cooked/prepared in a month.
My diet consists of Which [...]

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What a week….

November 11th, 2008 · Filed under: Academics · Ryan Brown, MBA '10 · Student Life · Uncategorized

Posted by Ryan Brown

Highlights of the week:

MAP Proposal Presentation
Finance Challenge
30th B-day (2 - Birthday Parties)

So the week began on Monday with a MAP proposal presentation to the the MBA program office. In case you don’t know what a MAP trip is, it’s an international trip for incoming first year MBA students the week before school (orientation) starts. It is lead [...]

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Wall Street Trek - not as bleak as originally thought

November 7th, 2008 · Filed under: Academics · Career · Events · Ryan Brown, MBA '10

Posted by Ryan Brown

Briefly after making the decision to pursue a career in Investment Banking (in fact, 2 days after), one of the bulge bracket investment banks agrees to sell itself to the largest wholesale bank in the country. Two weeks later the largest insurer in the world needs a HUGE capital infusion from the US government. Since [...]

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