Wharton MBA for Executives

Random musings, diatribes, and possibly curious insights of a student of the Wharton MBA for Executives (West) program at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

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exams, exams, exams

October 23rd, 2008 by RVD · No Comments

2 more exams this week and we’re done until finals!
Our OPIM grades are posted in Penn In Touch.  I am happy to say that I didn’t LT OPIM.  I think my brain just happens to be wired fairly well for stuff like OPIM.  It is NOT wired well for stuff like accounting.  I really liked […]

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Tags: Term 2

4th of July Weekend

July 6th, 2008 by RVD · No Comments

We just concluded session #4!  I think most of us in the class have gotten the hang of things now.  I still look forward to class weekends (hopefully that won’t change).  At least for me, I’ve realized a few things:
1) There is always going to be more econ/accounting problems to do, econ/accounting textbook chapters to […]

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Day 1 of class is now officially over!

May 20th, 2008 by RVD · 1 Comment

We had our first day of “real” class day today. I actually got up early enough and went to math camp this morning (hopefully I will be able to get up tomorrow). Professor Jack Siler was excellent. He really taught the math fundamentals first and refreshed my memory on concepts such as […]

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MGMT 621

April 29th, 2008 by RVD · No Comments

I started reading for my MGMT 621 class over the weekend. It’s an interesting class because it’s about managing people. Like most students in the MBA for Executives program, I have many years of experience managing people. I started managing people way back in 1997 so it’s been 11 years already! […]

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Tags: Pre-Term 1