A little over a year ago when I first visited Anderson they told me that the community culture at the school was unparalleled. Now all MBA programs are excellent marketers and it’s always hard to distinguish what is true but embellished and what is really transcendental. Without having started my MBA yet, I can tell you one thing – Anderson has gone beyond meeting my high expectations on its culture of togetherness.
Travelling the world can actually get lonely at times and I was blessed to have been in touch with several of my future classmates way before school started and even meet some of them along my way.
Nhung and I under a downpour in Hanoi
Nhung kindly took me out for some fantastic traditional Vietnamese Pho (and conversation) in Hanoi when I dropped by unexpectedly. Daniel travelled with me through China after we realized that our pre-MBA trips coincided (we’ll even be sharing a house in the fall along with Ayushman and Ashutosh). Erika took me out for some of the best sushi in my life in Osaka, although we’ve actually been good friends for years now and our going to Anderson together is just an added benefit (she still demonstrates all the amazing Anderson qualities)!
Dan and I at Repulse Bay in Hong Kong
From the constant happy hours that are organized all over the world via our Facebook group, to the find-a-roommate survey (carefully crafted by our lovely Alejandra) to the open offer by future classmates currently living in LA to pick up students coming from afar at the airport, the feeling of involvement from everyone in the class is pretty special and we’re all really eager to get started.
No good pics with Erika so this is an embarrassing one of me taken by her at a Ryokan near Osaka
This is the stuff they can’t really show you during college fairs, alumni meet and greets or even class visits. This gut feeling is the one you get when you meet your classmates for the first time and you realize that you’re going to be spending the next two years with an amazing group of individuals who all chose this school because they believed in no small part in the culture that permeates at Anderson.
-Chris Varin, 14'
