Wharton MBA for Executives

Random musings, diatribes, and possibly curious insights of former students of the Wharton MBA for Executives (San Francisco) 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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