Filler: Year end update

I tried to blog periodically and still I got sucked into worldly matters and could not finish a post I started. I changed my mind and decided to just list the items I wanted to talk about.

Our mod IV was short, just 4 weeks, but was very interesting. I especially liked our final group exam evaluating which country should MTN enter, Kenya or Ukraine? Thats all the question and we had to figure out everything about MTN, Kenya and Ukraine and present our recommendations. Very interesting stuff.

I got this email about change of "Honors" policy in Babson. It seems we are moving away from Honors into three categories of "Cum Laude"s. It was touted as a move to make students worry less about grades. I do not believe that. The process through which the committee came up with this decision was appalling. One GSC representative participated without consulting the student body at large. I wonder how students in other schools get involved in such a high impact decision making.

Recently I attended a networking reception at Highland Capital. They had an interesting internship/incubator program and there were lots of people who applied to this program. There seems to be lot of activity in video advertisement space.

I recently went on a trip to Niagara falls. I am glad I went on a weekday. Less crowded and it was not such a painful 8 hour drive. Here is a photo we took.

End of vacation

Our module three classes start coming Monday. I am looking forward to it but at the same time, I wonder when am I going to vegetate again. Past month or so has been wonderful, doing nothing. Our sections are reorganized and am going to meet 40 new people in our section. All the members of one BCAP group stay in same section and each section has 9 BCAP groups. So, we will meet on an average 6 new BCAP groups in one section.

There were a few things I wanted to do but never did. One of that was in contacting alums and meeting some people in startups exploring internship opportunities. However, I attended an info session at Liberty Mutual. There were a lot of people from DC (Georgetown). Liberty seems to have a good general management rotational program after MBA.
One complaint about the event is the exorbitant parking fee. I hoped Liberty would validate the ticket but they did not.

Finally I applied for transfer of my driving license from another state. Massachusetts is a weird state when it comes to license and auto insurance. We should present at least 4 different IDs. International students, should at least have 1 year of future legal status to apply for license. Oh yeah, transferring license from another state costs more than getting a new license. Traditional companies do not offer auto insurance here. Have to go through agents in person! Good luck if you want to get a quote online!!