Here's a glimpse in to life as a business school student. (This is Tuesday, September 30, and I wrote this the following day but didn’t have time to post until now.)
7:30am – Wake up, read some news online and check to see 1) if the press developed some cheesy name for the rout in global stocks on Monday, and 2) if the European markets are going to continue to be battered after Congress failed to pass a bailout package. Futures down sharply; more fun.
8:30am – Arrive at LBS, pick up a copy of the WSJ, grab a coffee from The Bite (LBS’ onsite café), pick up my Managerial Economics binder from my locker and head over to the library. I run in to a few friends at The Bite who are on their way to a Speed Reading course taught as part of our Development Skills class. I decided not to take the speed reading class (although I'm sure it would help) because I'm taking classes on negotiation and influencing others later this fall. I’m at the library early today because I need to finish up some assignments before heading back to California for my sister’s wedding.
12:30pm – After grabbing a sandwich, I’m back on campus for an Investment Management Club meeting. The purpose of today’s meeting is to discuss the upcoming stock pitch competition. The competition is open to all LBS students, and each student who wants to be involved selects a stock and, in one page, explains why it’s an outstanding investment opportunity. The submissions are first reviewed by a small group of investment professionals (mostly LBS alumni) who then select 5 finalists to present their ideas. The LBS student who wins gets to represent LBS at a European stock pitch competition as well as at the Alpha Challenge, a global competition held in the U.S. at UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business School.
2pm – A 3-hour Managerial Economics class…highlight of the day.
6pm – After running back to my flat to change into more appropriate business attire, I’m off to a CFA Society event at Goldman Sachs’ office (“Alternative Assets: How Risky are Hedge Funds and Private Equity in the Current Climate”). My lousy understanding of London’s tube system means I arrive at the event about 15 minutes late. Following the event, I meet one of the speakers, Drago Indjic, who happens to co-run the Hedge Fund Centre at London Business School and who was one of the speakers at the event. Small world…
9:30pm – Finally get back to my place to have dinner with my wife.
11pm – Time to hit the sack. A busy day, but so far fairly typical of life as a MBA student…
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