Texas MBAs Talk

After dancing the night away at MBA Prom with fellow bloggers Stephanie and Ryan and the rest of my McCombs friends, I was looking forward to having a relaxing rest of the weekend. What I didn’t realize was how spontaneous (or authentically Austin) my weekend would turn out to be.
My first stop on my Austin-tastic [...]

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As part of the Texas MBA Program, I often feel like I’m back in high school.  We’re always lingering the halls of McCombs, procrastinating homework, going to football games, and hanging out with friends.  This weekend, the memories from my own high school days flooded back to me with the time honored American high school [...]

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I’ve had a pretty eventful week I would say. It started with bidding for classes for next semester. Going in I thought I had the game all figured out. I worked out all the classes I had to take for the next two semesters and had a cleverly arranged bid point strategy. First round bidding [...]

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Some of you may have read about how my decision to attend McCombs was largely due to the wonderful experience I had at last year’s Preview Weekend. It was for this reason that I decided to apply to head up the event this year, and I have to say I never could have imagined what [...]

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While most of my classmates were traveling around the world on their Global Connection trips, I found other ways to broaden my cultural horizon in Austin, TX.  In my two years at McCombs, I have met some truly amazing people and have been exposed to so many cultures and lifestyles.  Through my cohort, study team, [...]

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Before I came to McCombs, I knew that one of the things I wanted to get out of my experience was to go on at least one of the McCombs Global Connections trip. Lucky for me, I gained a spot on the China Global trip after getting off the waitlist the day before leaving for [...]

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Amongst all of my semester’s academic obligations, I have also had the privilege to intern at Austin Technology Incubator (ATI). In case you have never heard of ATI, they are a part of the University of Texas IC2 research unit and are a true reflection of the entrepreneurial spirit of UT and the city of [...]

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While the majority of my classmates were getting ready for their Global Connection trips to exotic locations such as China, Brazil, Russia, Vietnam and UAE, I started to regret my decision earlier in the year not to go on one. So I decided to make a trip to London and my old stomping grounds to visit [...]

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