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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Term 3 starts!

January 5th, 2009 by RVD · No Comments

This past weekend was the start of term 3.  It’s always exciting to start a new term.  We get new books, meet new professors, change our study rooms, and study with a new section of students.  Term 2 was a bit more painful for me personally because our study room was down on the 4th […]

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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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October is exam month…

October 13th, 2008 by RVD · No Comments

We had 2 exams this past weekend (OPIM final and Statistics midterm) and in 2 weeks we have 2 more exams (Management final and Finance midterm).  The good news is that the month of November is exam-free!  The bad news is that the month of December is…finals month.
This term has gone by quickly and I […]

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Applying OPIM to work…

October 9th, 2008 by RVD · 1 Comment

After learning how to use solver and crystal ball this term, I have been looking for ways to use these new skills at my work.  The problems in solvers are interesting but I haven’t figured out quite a use for it yet.  We don’t sell groupings of various things (mixed nut, perfume type problems), we […]

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