Questions for Chat with Current Students - Jan 13 9 PM EST

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hello all, Please post your questions for the scheduled chat with current students - Wed. Jan. 13th at 9PM EST Link to chat: https://gmatclub.com/chat/

shadow · Answer

for 1st years:

- how is the internship hunt coming along? 
- how do you like your housing situation? would you have done anything differently? (lived closer to campus/ lived alone / etc)
- did you bring a vehicle to school? if yes - is it a hindrance? if no - do you wish you had?

for 2nd years:

- job hunt situation - is it still rough out there? any offers?

Praetorian · Answer

thank you shadowsjc. More questions from the others?

mbalady · Answer

To either 1st/2nd Years
- How hard is it to stay in touch with friends/family outside of the parameters of bschool
- If there was one (or more) thing you would change about your experience so far, what would it be and why

Praetorian · Answer

thanks mbalady. more questions! :-D

nink · Answer

Not gonna be able to attend the chat this week due to school related commitments. However, if you PM me questions beforehand, I can PM back the answers before the scheduled chat time.

smananas · Answer

I am hoping to be starting a program this summer. I will be a full-time student. I am wondering whether it is worth staying in my current studio apartment and living on my own, paying the rent with loan money or if it would be better to move in with roommates and pay less than half what I am paying now. When I was in undergrad I would get so flustered with with roommate situations. I need quiet to study. So my question for current students is do you think it is worth the financial saving of living with roomates or would advise, for purposes of group work, privacy and personal study that it's better to have one's own place?

Thanks!

Thanks!

Praetorian · Answer

new questions:

a) interview tips, dos and donts (mbagirl2010)

b) good questions to ask at the end of an interview? (noodles)

3underscore · Answer

They should be fresh in the first year's minds for sure.

I never seem to able to make it along to these, sadly. As I understand it though, recruitment is certainly looking up from the ugly that took place through 2009, with a lot seeming to pick up in Q4.

mrblack · Answer

I was wondering if anyone is doing an entrepreneurship program. If so:

1) What is your opinion of it (now that you are in it)? How does your experience so far differ from your initial expectations?
2) How much time do you get to actually test out the theories (ie: actually doing the dirty work of forming a company, brainstorming for ideas, raising money...etc)? Do you think it would have made a difference if you just went ahead and do a startup without the MBA (and thus saving yourself $200,000)?
3) Is it unusual for someone to choose both entrepreneurship and investing (HF/markets/finance and economics) as specialization?

Other questions
4) If I want to develop a core, specialized skill (eg: stock picking), is an MBA still useful?
5) For folks trying to get into a HF/IM, what courses are you taking at your school and how do those courses prepare you for a HF career? Do you just learn about existing models or are you encouraged to develop your own?
6) Lastly, if you could go back in time, what would you have liked to know before doing your MBA? Get more pre-MBA work experience? Learn another language?

Thank you so much in advance for taking the time and initiative to help aspiring MBA students out!

Yahsek · Answer

I'll try to make it in this week!

Praetorian · Answer

great! thanks! - final call before we set the agenda for this week. more questions?

Praetorian · Answer

OK - we are all set. I will see all of you tonight. :-D

mohater has graciously agreed to moderate.

Lancealot43232 · Answer

Hi,

Quick Question:
 Are there Resident Advisor or Resident Assistant job positions open for MBA students at the top 10 schools (i.e. a job that pays for room and board yet allows you to live on campus and be a resource to other (grad) students)?

*Thank you in advance for your help!

-Lance

dcprinceicai · Answer

Hi Puys,

Below pasted are statistics of Wharton class 2009 placements. Could you pls suggesst wht happened to remaining 110 (660-550) , ones who did not get placements, thts a whooping figure. were thy all international students, mostly Indians?

Actually listening to IIM's figures of every student getting 2-3 placements each gives a shiver , don't want to come back with a heavy loan.

I hv scored 98%ile in CAT currently working (3 yrs), will try to hit 740-750 in GMAT. The obvious question is "Is it worth going there"?.

Class of 2009 Overview
This information is as of September 30, 2009 and is collected and reported according to MBA CSC standards. #%
Students Seeking Full Time Employment 660

Seeking Students Reporting Full Time Job Offers 550

I am not getting satisfactory answers , so PUYS pls help!!!!!

P.S. I am not a pessimist just a Chartered Accountant,likes working on the conservative side.

P.S.2 Pls consider me a nascent, although answer by experts are welcome.

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