Week 39 has ended and so has Block A, the first block of electives. It has been snowing quite a bit this week. Feels like at least 2 feet has fallen in the past couple of days.
The Marketing course is over. Most people seem to have liked it. It was nicknamed "story time" since the professor liked to share his learnings with the students through stories.
The Strategic Leadership course is over. It was pretty good, but most of us felt a lot of the topics covered would have benefited all and should have been covered in some of our career planning sessions earlier in the year. The course was nicknamed "group hug" since the instructor like to frequently reference the "good" feeling of hugs.
The Financing New Ventures course is over. Everyone I talked to seemed to have a different opinion, but overall people liked it. The biggest comment was that the course was an interesting split between structured and unstructured delivery. The course required a structured curriculum, but the guest lecturer who delivered it was a very unstructured teacher. Mainly because he was a VC from industry and not a professor from the halls of academia.
The Corporate Valuation course is over. Everyone found this course to be extremely demanding, but we all agree we learned more than a ton. Last night almost everyone was working in their groups well past midnight to complete the final case. There was even a few individuals who did not sleep at all and still made it to class at 8 AM. As if that wasn't enough, we still have a review session tomorrow and a test on Sunday morning. Looks like those of us in this course will not be letting loose this weekend.
The school has also picked the team to attend the UCLA case competition. Queen's placed in this competition last year and is returning again this year at the beginning of April. To ensure a solid team is ready, the faculty hand picked the team.
The class is still planning several fun events coming up. Fit-to-lead is going to be taking a bunch of us curling on Sunday (yes, this is during Superbowl, but you can't have everything). Furthermore, there was a winter BBQ at the Dutch exchange students' place last night, a social gathering at another classmates pad tonight and likely an "I'm done Corporate Valuations" gathering on Sunday. This might seem excessive to those on the outside, but really it is about getting together with some of our colleagues who are leaving us for exchanges next week. In particular our Social Coordinator is headed to Mannheim and I'm sure everyone will miss her.
Next week we are starting Block B of the electives. There is some work and reading to be completed, but it all seems very reasonable after the workload that Corporate Valuations required.
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10 years ago
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Ballpark - what is the percentage of students that have secured a job already in the class?
More that 20% less than 40%. That is my best guess, but I'm pretty sure it is somewhere in that range. A little low, but from what I know this is the trend from past classes. Most of the placements don't happen till much closer to the end of the program or just after graduation.
Hi Appleseed, I got accepted in class of 2010. I was reading through your blog. It is really nice that you have provided such a detailed information. I am so worried and anxious about the courses. I am constantly fearing what if I cannot handle the pressure. Plus one quick question. I am coming with my husband there. Do you have any insight into housing? Where are the best apartments that are not too expensive but at the same time clean and well kept? I really like your blog and I cannot wait this 8 weeks are past so I start to write about my experience ;O).
Congratz on your acceptance. It is probably best if you e-mail for more information. (appleseed at live dot ca)
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