Update on life

I haven't been very good at writing my blog. It's so busy that most of the time, I'm doing some type of work right up until I fall asleep. Either that or I'm out with friends or at a party.

A quick update on life:

- I've been super stressed about finding a job. I hope I find one on the west coast. Ideally, I'd like to find a role at my old company, but I'm still looking at other places too. I have interviews coming up in Seattle so I have to fly out there in a few weeks.

- Finals is in three weeks as well so all of my group projects and final papers are due.

- This will be the first thanksgiving where I will not be home with my family. Instead, I'm going to my classmate's apartment. I'm looking forward to it actually. There'll be around 15 of us there. I'm making cranberry sauce, mashed sweet potatoes with marshmallows, and cinnamon rolls. I  might buy an apple pie from Trader Joe's.

- I'm going to South Africa in December with classmates. It should be fun! We're going ostrich-riding (yes, ostrich-riding) and penguin watching and spending some time at a safari. There'll also be some R&R as we soak up some sun at the beaches.

- I find out next week if I got into the school trip to Israel. There are 40 slots for the spring break trip next March. It's a lottery and I hope I get it. I think this would be a once in a lifetime opportunity. I don't think I'd ever feel safe or comfortable going to Israel if I wasn't going with 40+ people and with school. We're visiting tech companies in Tel Aviv and we'll meet a few of the Israeli government officials. We're also going to Jerusalem and the Dead Sea. If I don't get picked for the lottery, I put South Korea as my 2nd choice. On the South Korea trip, we'll visit companies such as Samsung and go to the demilitarized zone. A CBS alum owns a 5-star hotel in Korea and is so gracious that he gives all of the students FREE hotel rooms so the trip is super cheap.

That's about it!

My 5 seconds of fame in Businessweek

Earlier in September, two of my classmates and I were interviewed by Businessweek. They were going across the country and doing short vidoes on all of the top MBA programs. The video just came out along with rankings and, for the first time ever, CBS dropped from 9th place to 14th. It's a blow to our school but it's one ranking and one point of time (as Braxton stated). To be honest, I contributed to the drop in ranking. I was honest in my survey about the school. I love CBS and it's a great school, but because it's a top MBA program, it needs to improve its academic program. Once we have a better core curriculum with better professors than the rankings will go up again.

In any case, here's the video from businessweek. Our interview starts at 46 seconds. We're always critical of ourselves, but I definitely don't like what I said. I feel like I sound stupid. LOL. I really liked what Matt said about being able to catch the subway downtown for an interview or coffee chat and then coming back to campus for class. It made me wish that I had said it instead. Haha.