Texas MBAs Talk

Somewhere near the end of what seemed like our year long Christmas break, I realized that I had one semester left in this extravagant trip we call business school. In addition to a little enjoyment of six weeks of leisure, I spent a good part of my free time talking on the phone, writing emails, [...]

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An integral part of my baptism into the real estate world has been the graduate school “real estate challenge”. We’ve all done them….and we’ve all lost a number of days out of our lives to them, but when it comes down to it, these have been some of the most intense and beneficial learning experiences [...]

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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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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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So, I’ve spent the better part of the last two weeks enjoying watching the “first year panic”, and the general confusion and funeral like procession ambling about school. I felt like this was a rite of passage….like being a senior in high school or college….you can smile and get a kick of the “fun” you [...]

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Welcome back to Austin, with all of its lovely and quirky intricacies…..now get back to work as you apparently may not have that time to enjoy it…..
It’s been quite a whirlwind of a two week period:

Finished up my internship with Parkway Properties in Jackson, Mississippi – pulled together the final pieces of two presentations for [...]

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