Last year at this time I was gearing up for Go Blue! Rendezvous, Ross' weekend for admitted MBAs in the fall class. This year at this time I'm doing the same - the buzz for the admits is a direct side-effect of the buzz around the halls as we get ready. This year I've played a (tiny, suggestive) role in forming things and I think it will be even better: the band will play, the lab computers will be logged in and ready for email, and student-hosted dinners are encouraged. My two charges, Nick and Rohit, are arriving on Thursday in the afternoon and that is like the end of my week.
Today has been a very productive, nay the most productive, MAP day so far. We got a much-needed breakdown of all the data recorded in the powerhouse in 2005 on a daily basis, which is the second or perhaps third file we should have gotten. Better late than never, and I'm charging ahead with an engineering analysis that is quasi-due tomorrow at close of business.
Last night I popped down to B-dubs for the first half of the basketball game and was talking with some friends about Hill House. I was happy to find that I am not the only MBA1 who hasn't been to a Hill House party. We were talking about it being a frat party for grownups and how that was not any more appealing this evening than it was some evening five years ago when we were at the frat party age. MBAs are strange folks; this whole experience varies from 'great learning' to 'last hurrah at life' to 'another step along the way' depending on who you talk to and when.
Tuesday, April 04, 2006