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Monday, 07 April 2008 19:41
Life is great... Q4 is considerably more enjoyable than Q1,2,3 because I feel like I have a lot more time in my hand. My desire to be uncompromising on academics left me with little time for myself, given that we had to balance internship search, etc along with rigorous case work. Plus the learning team exercise took 2-3 hours of my evenings everyday. In Q4, since most of us have secured internships and since most learning team groups do not meet (differing elective courses based on individual choice) I am all of a sudden finding time to go the the gym everyday, take a nap (the pleasures of life...) and participate in case competitions. I worked with a wonderful team to submit a solution for the Walter Shipley case competition yesterday. The interesting thing was that the team of 5 had one person each, going to each of the top 5 consulting firms. My biggest takeaway was the sheer complexity in dealing with the ambiguous "real world" situations - helped me appreciate the critical role that partners play in the consulting process by scoping the problem, anchoring the hypothesis and providing initial direction. While on this topic, I should point out that Darden is doing a fantastic job by allowing us to take "internship-focused" electives in Q4. I am taking two courses "Consulting process" and "Data Analysis and optimization" to help me succeed during the summer. I am also studying a fascinating course called "Valuation", relevant to IBankers. This is my favourite course of the qtr because of the energetic & challenging Prof. To finish up in the same spirit as how I started this blog life is great... and I am going golfing tomorrow for the first time this season. (Gota clean those clubs).
Cheers!
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