Admitted to Duke Fuqua Class of 2011

see ya'll at 6 pm tonight admissions lounge
sp

Well that didn't quite work out, did it?

RF

sorry was running late, I'll be wearing a black suit and white shirt

Why the hell are you wearing a suit during admit weekend

He was dressing up for the final dinner. Most people were in khakis and dress shirts, but quite a few people had on jackets.

RF

Out of curiosity, how did the Admit Weekend go? Was it as crazy a good time as promised by the invites and such

1. Suit was b/c of the formal dinner. The dress code was smart casual - I had no idea what that meant - so suit w/o tie.
2. The admit weekend was awsome I had a blast

Sorry I missed the get-together -- I didn't read GC this week.

I thought BDW went pretty well! Definitely very excited to start in the fall. Bostonsparky, Bob Massie's talk was great. I chatted with him a bit afterwards as well -- very impressed with the guy. On top of everything else he's done, it turns out he's an Episcopal priest, too. (I go to an Episcopal church in Durham.)

I didn't need to be convinced to come to Duke -- I had already sent my deposit in before the weekend started -- but I felt like I left with a better idea of career options and preparation, and it was exciting to meet so many of our classmates. This August is going to be great.

Oh ok. Got it

Too bad, you could have been one of those people who ran to the admissions table at the dinner waving their deposit check over their heads to the thunderous applause of the room.

I thought the weekend was very well done too. Duke really goes all out! I didn't really learn a whole lot more about Duke (a few specifics here and there), but it really helped confirm that my initial impressions of the school weren't just window dressing.

The schedule was kinda of interesting. Both Friday and Saturday night had events at the local bars with Fuqua providing transportation back to the hotels until 1 am. However, the events on Sat and Sun morning started at like 8am. There were more than a few people dragging ass.

I didn't have high expectation for the FuquaVision presentation, but it actually turned out to be very funny.

The drunk admit at the end of the dinner who tried to thank the organizers of the weekend but failed to form a coherent sentence was also entertaining.

And I don't know about you guys, but from what I could see the Fuqua Foxes of Class of 2011 will not disappoint!

RF

Seriously? Wow, way to make a great first impression.

Sorry guys, was running late on Friday, and could not log on to internet during the weekend.

FuquaVison was really hilarious, and I found Dean Shephard quite forthright in his observations/suggestions, especially the line "you cannot do MBA for the same reason someone did 2 years back for, so better find your own reason".

After Friday's events, I began wondering whether Fuqua is all about partying, but thankfully, on Saturday we were back to learning , especially in the Finance class; did anyone attend that ?

Seriously! At first thought it was a combination of English not being his first language a couple glasses of wine. I talked to him right after the dinner and his English is fine, he was just trashed.



RF

Thanks for the recaps everyone! I'm bummed I had to miss it, but I did submit my deposit today (my scholarship disappears tomorrow if I don't). Can't wait 'til I'm stateside and can finally start meeting people.

Can you submit it online? I was going to fedex mine in about 20 mins?

Nope, I had my parents fedex it They do take wire transfers(not sure the fees and w/e) if for some reason fedex doesnt work out

Wow that must've been hilarious.