Live and Learn

The majority of my blogs have been focused on either academic or career issues that I have encountered here at UT and have provided very little insight into the life I am able to live outside of the classroom. There is a rising joke among college students that college life is very simple and all decisions fall [...]

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I still contend that Intermediate Accounting for MPAs (Not ACC 329) is the hardest class in the business school, but Advanced Accounting is no “walk in the park.”  This past week was the first exam, or as Professor Deitrick likes to call it, “the first scrimmage.”  Professor Deitrick is a phenomenal accounting teacher considering he [...]

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There are many ways to learn accounting.  There are many ways to learn just about anything for that matter, but to keep it close to home, I am referring to the academic foundation of the MPA program here at McCombs.  There are classrooms, lectures, case competitions, group projects, etc. … and all of these methods [...]

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As I have progressed into my fifth and final year here at McCombs, I find myself wanting more from my education. Academically, the MPA program continues to be a challenge at every twist and turn of this path I am on, but I feel that this program could serve as much more. Within the B-School, we are [...]

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We have decided to get a little color in here and post some serious video blogs. No joke, this is the real deal. Click the link below to see what crazy (lame) answers I may or may not have come up with!
Wow, p.s.  I am horrible on camera…I better not quit my day job.  :-) Accounting rules and [...]

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Now, I would not go as far to say that my fourth year is over, but I am in the extensive process of wrapping things up. Between internship paperwork, exams, registration and making my decision on my offer…I have been a bit busy.
Once you have completed your internship, your work to earn college credit is [...]

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Well…jeez. It had been a while since I have been on here. My apologies for the long absence, I guess with my internship over and a very basic spring break in good ol’ Nebraska, not much had really happened. BUT…I am happy to say that I have returned to the mother ship ( UT ).
Now [...]

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The phrase is, “Time flies when you are having fun.” The end of my internship came so fast, I couldn’t believe it was truly over. Waking up early on Monday, I was close to preparing for another day of work.  Instead I went back to bed for another three hours. 
I guess in the [...]

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I once had a professor who used the phrase “real world” a lot. Well, actually I took four of his classes. Either way, I have now experienced my first few weeks of the real world. The REAL WORLD of ACCOUNTING.
Now, I know that does not have the same ring to it that the MTV show [...]

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…And I have reached my first finish line: the end of basic training. I say basic training because I know that this internship is just a solid ten weeks of training, learning skills that I could never acquire anywhere else. There is no substitute for real-world experience. Those of you who have had professor Lendecky [...]

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Who:  All college students…except those communications majors.
What:  Operation Hell Week
When: Friday, December 5 – Tuesday, December 16
Where: Libraries, Study Lounges and Classrooms
Why:  I only wish I knew.
It’s the slang term for the time of year when college students become zombies and are forced to neglect their social lives in hopes of not failing out of [...]

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We all know what time of the year it is.  Here in the Business School we have come to accept that we practically have two rounds of finals; one during the last week of class and again during the campus- wide finals week. Now for most of us, this week not only includes exams, but the [...]

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Above and beyond the business school, UT in itself is massive. It is very easy to feel overwhelmed at times and even feel “lost in the crowd.” Regardless of one’s personality, it is difficult to shine at a school that hosts 50,000+ students. (Well, unless you are Colt McCoy or Jordan Shipley.) But remembering the [...]

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Hiring Private Detective:
It is 5:03 a.m. and I have been in the B-Hive all night/morning. All I can think about is how I am pretty sure my professors come together and purposely put all my exams around the same time. Whether they discuss it over a poker game or they have some underground lair, I am [...]

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*These are pictures from the Big 4 dinners. Oh, how I miss the fancy dining.*
The first year of MPA was full of some of the most significant choices I have had to make in my college life.  What do I want to do?  Where do I want to live?  Who do I want to work for?  [...]

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