3 months of unemployment, and now this?!
So it kind of feels like I've gotten sucker-punched in the face...
I'm in my second week of classes, and I've already come home one of my afternoons this week in order to take a 45 min. nap. When I was working in NYC, I did the same thing more for the novelty of being able to walk 1 avenue and 2 blocks from my office to my apartment, eat lunch, and take a quick nap before going back to work, all in less than an hour. Now I'm going out of my way to walk 15 minutes from the b-school to the parking lot where I'm parked, drive 10 minutes to go home, risk not having a parking spot (Mich oversells parking spaces) when I head back to campus a few hours later, and then walk another 15 minutes from the parking lot to the school. How things have changed...
Companies are already coming on campus for recruiting. They're mostly here for MBA2 searching for full-time positions, but many of the information sessions are also open to MBA1s feeling out the summer internship possibilities. It seems like all of the MBA1s are getting caught up in the summer internship frenzy, and it's hard not to get caught up yourself. People (me included) are already showing up to class, or going back home, in order to get into their business casual attire before attending an informational session. Tonight I was at a Brand Management session held by S.C. Johnson.
To further chew up our time, the various clubs also opened up with their full-court presses this week. In b-school, clubs are a vitally important way to make connections and get advice on career interests, so they're definitely not something you want to miss. What am I looking at? So far the Marketing Club, Entrepreneurship & Venture Club, possibly either the General Management or High Tech Club, and hopefully something more community-oriented, like the Community Consulting Club. Add to that classes, the internship search, and being elected as 1 of 3 UMBSA (UMich Business Student's Association) reps for my section, and I think my plate is quite full.
To give you an idea of my schedule, here is my calendar in late June when I was happily unemployed (when my biggest "responsibility" was seeing my Othodontist) versus my schedule now.
When I was unemployed and enjoying a carefree life.
This week.
I'm in my second week of classes, and I've already come home one of my afternoons this week in order to take a 45 min. nap. When I was working in NYC, I did the same thing more for the novelty of being able to walk 1 avenue and 2 blocks from my office to my apartment, eat lunch, and take a quick nap before going back to work, all in less than an hour. Now I'm going out of my way to walk 15 minutes from the b-school to the parking lot where I'm parked, drive 10 minutes to go home, risk not having a parking spot (Mich oversells parking spaces) when I head back to campus a few hours later, and then walk another 15 minutes from the parking lot to the school. How things have changed...
Companies are already coming on campus for recruiting. They're mostly here for MBA2 searching for full-time positions, but many of the information sessions are also open to MBA1s feeling out the summer internship possibilities. It seems like all of the MBA1s are getting caught up in the summer internship frenzy, and it's hard not to get caught up yourself. People (me included) are already showing up to class, or going back home, in order to get into their business casual attire before attending an informational session. Tonight I was at a Brand Management session held by S.C. Johnson.
To further chew up our time, the various clubs also opened up with their full-court presses this week. In b-school, clubs are a vitally important way to make connections and get advice on career interests, so they're definitely not something you want to miss. What am I looking at? So far the Marketing Club, Entrepreneurship & Venture Club, possibly either the General Management or High Tech Club, and hopefully something more community-oriented, like the Community Consulting Club. Add to that classes, the internship search, and being elected as 1 of 3 UMBSA (UMich Business Student's Association) reps for my section, and I think my plate is quite full.
To give you an idea of my schedule, here is my calendar in late June when I was happily unemployed (when my biggest "responsibility" was seeing my Othodontist) versus my schedule now.
When I was unemployed and enjoying a carefree life.
This week.
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