Weird start to the third quarter

This week was the start of our 3rd quarter (Q3) of classes and it is definitely a weird feeling. Since I wrote my last Q2 exam, until this past Monday I was in class for 1 week (our Negotiations intensive week- we did a whole class in 1 week and then wrote a huge essay at the end of it) out of the last 4. Anyways, because recruiting season has heated up (mostly for the aspiring investment bankers and consultants right now, anyways) not too many of us have a lot of time for actual school. So it feels like we are unemployed and applying for jobs, with the inconvenience of spending a few hrs in a classroom every day instead of the other way around.

Thankfully Q3 is VERY forgiving. We only have 3 final exams this qtr and the nature of the assignments we have during the qtr aren’t nearly as intense as those of Q2. The school definitely does a really good job setting it up such that we have less work to do in class so that we have more free time to go to interviews and such. But as a result it really doesn’t feel like we are in school right now! Although given how time consuming it is to write good cover letters, I would almost rather do more finance assignments than write cover letters…Almost.

Once the job placements start to get finalized in a week or 2 I’ll have more to share with you about the full process that goes on in the fun and exciting world of MBA recruitment. Stay tuned.