Wharton MBA for Executives

Yesterday was day 1!  It was a pretty interesting day because class 34 was officially kicked off!  Unlike some schools where orientation lasts for a week (or more), Wharton orientation is basically 1 day.  We started with a casual lunch, then introductions and presentations by the administration and staff, then we had some group activities, […]

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I am not a morning person.  I have no issue staying up late each night playing video games, watching TV (with tivo/dvr, I don’t see why anyone watches anything at the schedule time anymore except maybe sports), or surfing around on the internet until 2AM or later on a school night.  But in the morning?  […]

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Only three more full days left until the first day of Wharton! While RVD is sick of studying, I have barely studied, and need to get my act together. My fellow classmates are already aware of the crazy amount of reading, studying, and problem-solving we’re supposed to do before the first week of classes, but […]

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Ok, classes haven’t even started yet but I’m sick of studying so that’s it…no more.  I’ll prepare for about an hour each night in the hotel for the next day’s classes and that’s it.
Only Wharton would stick you in with 5 days of classes to start the program.  Since it’s every other week once the […]

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I live in Orange County. When I decided to go to Wharton, I thought I would easily find an early Friday morning flight from Orange County to San Francisco to get to class on time. Unfortunately, given the price of oil and what is going on in the travel industry, several airlines have canceled many […]

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Hey everyone,
I am also in “class 34″ of the Wharton MBA for Executives at Wharton West (San Francisco). I received my acceptance phone call on March 23, the background check was cleared on May 2, and I am IN!
I had been debating if I should start an MBA experience blog. There seem to be a […]

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Many of us have smartphones.  I think for those of us who have been using them for awhile, we can’t imagine life without one.  I go through a lot more phones and a lot of carriers (thank goodness for number portability).  I typically use a phone for about  3-6 months and then move on to […]

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Exactly one week from now, I will be in SF ready to start school! I booked my ticket before I realized what the schedule would be (we start at 11:30AM on Monday) so I arrive the night before instead of Monday morning. It’s definitely exciting to head back to school at this point […]

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Wow, for a guy like me who was always taking engineering classes, this whole microeconomics thing is confusing. You have stuff like Total Revenue (TR) = Price (P) * Quantity (Q), Profit = TR - TC, etc. which sound simple enough. But then you realize “hey, the $100 that I make next year […]

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I was reading my MGEC textbook the other day and came across something a bit interesting.  This was in the ADWM textbook.  First off, this book is additional reading (so it’s not our main textbook) and second, this chapter is not even on the list of readings in the syllabus so I think most of […]

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