Texas MBAs Talk

There is no doubt that one of the major selling points of the McCombs MBA is the location.  Many of my fellow bloggers have discussed the awesomeness that is Austin, TX and they are entirely right, Austin is a fantastic place to spend two years.  In addition to live music, great food, and gorgeous weather, [...]

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A couple of weeks ago Deloitte Consulting came to campus for their annual Consulting Case Challenge- one of the most highly anticipated challenges of the year. Twenty teams battled for the top prize, setting a new record for participation in the process. In addition to the overwhelming turnout of first-year students, Deloitte added [...]

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So let me start off by saying “My Bad.” Apparently things get quite busy during the first semester of business school and unfortunately my blog posting suffered dramatically as a result. I apologize. But now I am back with a renewed dedication and plenty of stories to share about the fastest seven weeks of my [...]

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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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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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