Midterms are here! This week is a blitzkrieg of review sessions, and the 1st year community is frantic. Economics and Statistics are without a doubt on everyone's mind right now. And while I'm certain these tests will be very difficult, I find myself really learning the subject matter well when studying and discussing the problems and applications of theories with my classmates and friends in the program.
The collegial learning environment is one of the aspects of MBA school I really looked forward to and the Anderson community has not let me down. No matter who we are, each of us has naturally found groups of people who we can trust and have meaningful and often insightful conversations with. Tonight I got together with 4 of my section mates, and we had a very productive, but totally impromptu, Economics study session, making sure to take Youtube breaks in between to share some laughs. This wasn't a group that I was assigned to worked with but over the course of our daily interaction, we just ended up together, crammed in a warm fishbowl on the 4th floor of the library, discussing elasticity of demand and it's relationship to marginal revenue.
Outside of class, fellow blogger Katie, myself and a group of committed powderhounds are in the middle of forming the Anderson Ski and Snowboard Club, which had gone dormant in recent years. You often read about B-schools enabling students to form student clubs, but I never thought it'd be ME who's starting a new club on campus. Once again, another example of how easy it can be to find like-minded individuals who share your interests who will help you mobilize and make an impact on the Anderson community. Pending review by the Anderson Student Association, our new club will be up and ready to ride come Winter quarter! I can't wait to be back on the mountain with my new classmates, and Economics and Statistics exams will be but a faint, distant memory!
--ML
