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Joined: 04 Jun 2007
Status:Um... what do you want to know?
Posts: 5456
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Location: SF, CA, USA
Concentration: Technology, Entrepreneurship, Digital Media & Entertainment
Schools:UC Berkeley Haas School of Business MBA 2010
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GPA: 3.9 - undergrad 3.6 - grad-EE
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How are my Class of 2010 buddies doing?
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08 Oct 2008, 23:18
Hey y'all,
OMG! It's been quite a "half semester" so far. One week left before our Fall A finals. I can't believe 7 weeks have passed (10 if you include orientation and pre-term). I wanted to start a thread just to see how my GMATClub buds are doing at their respective schools. Doesn't have to be long, and hopefully we can keep each other updated here once in a while.
As you may have noticed, my posting volume has dropped tremendously, to the point where I only skim through forums every few weeks and only track the Berkeley Ambassador threads every day. Life has been crazy busy, but I'm loving every single day. Not one day do I regret going to b-school, as everything I'm learning in class has relevance (especially these days, with the financial meltdown), every workshop/club meeting I go to has some contribution to personal and professional improvement, and every person I meet is friendly and genuinely wants to help you whenever you need help.
I'm sure this is similar in all the other great schools out there, but it's definitely a HUGE difference from undergrad or even engineering grad school! People will come help you move with their SUV/pickup trucks if you post on the class google groups. You can form a dancing club or even a club that has no reason to exist just by talking to a few people. The professors, famous speakers, and other lectures are all very useful for every day life. And you'll always be able to find people who have similar interests as you to do things together (even in a small class of 240 per year).
Currently, I'm involved with the Haas Student Blogs, Berkeley Business Plan Competition, >play Digital Media Conference, and doing some lunch and class escorts for prospective students. I think the only thing I'll add to that will be the Haas Student Ambassadors or the VP of Admissions, IF I can get it. The competition is fierce and there are tons of very well qualified people. After that, I don't think I'll have any more bandwidth to do leadership in much else. I'm casually signed up to be in 10 other clubs/groups, but those are just for email list purposes.
Career wise, I'm glad to know that almost ANYONE who wants a job with a startup will get one, and the process for us does not start until April or May. So I'll be watching my friends getting job offers one by one in March before I even start interviewing, haha. But it definitely confirmed my choice of Haas because of how easy it is to get in touch with startups in the area.
Ok, gotta go read my OB case and practice my final speech class capstone speech. Hope to hear some updates from others like river, futuredukemba, ghgirl, ujjib, terry12, nervous, and others (sorry, I'm having a senior moment here and can't recall any more names)...