Yesterday evening, following a Capital Markets & Financing exam, the first year of my MBA at London Business School came to an end. For me, the year was an absolutely incredible experience, and marking the end of the year came with many emotions (in addition to a few pints at the Windsor, the unofficial LBS pub). (The photo above is my Stream after the final first-year class.)
The people who surrounded me over the past 10 months are from all over the world, offer many unique experiences and perspectives and, most importantly, have become great friends. We sat in class together, travelled together and socialized together, and while not everyone got on well, we all challenged each other and along the way learned a thing or two from each other.
Now we’re all headed in different directions. We’ll be doing different things over the summer – some will stay in London while others will be leaving to work or travel. Some people will be working at the investment banks, others will be consulting to big companies and some will be starting their own business. I’m happy to see some of my classmates doing great things outside of the business world, from helping to organize the 2012 Olympic Games in London to working with non-profits in Africa.
Last week we welcomed the MBA Class of 2011 on campus for Admits Weekend. It seems like just the other day when I wrote this blog post about my trip to London for Admits Weekend. How time flies. I met a lot of nice and interesting people, but I am confident that they will not be as good as the MBA2010 class!
So what’s my advice to those people who may be considering an MBA? Like Nike says – just do it! You’ll learn a lot, but more importantly, you’ll meet people who you’ll know for the rest of your life. These people probably will be some of your closest confidants throughout your career, you may do business together, you’ll definitely challenge each other and you’ll become great friends.
