Or your MBA degree might just be taken away from you when you think you're this big and successful hotshot.
Don't be like this guy:
Stanford Takes Away an MBA Degree
Re that guy: changing grades on his law school transcript to make his parents happy? Really?! Give me a break. Begs the question of whether more stringent grading in American schools should be practiced so that students really put in the hard work of earning their grades, don't get misplaced confidence due to over-inflated A's and A-'s, and be used to the idea that not getting A's and A-'s is okay.
I tell you, it's too easy to get an A in the US educational system that grades don't really serve as a benchmark of academic performance anymore. A B in the MBA program is already something to be ashamed of. And that's, what, a 3 on a 4-point scale (which, on the Philippine university scale, is an 80 out of 100)? Whatever happened to C's, D's and F's?
Hah. Just wanted to say that first-year MBA students are intense when it comes to grades. Especially in the first semester of the program.
Thursday, March 13, 2014
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
CEOs when they were MBA students
I was going through No Debt MBA's entries yesterday, and found a link to this interesting article.
Fortune 100 CEOs: When They Were MBA Students
And just like No Debt MBA, I found inspiration in Pepsi CEO Indra Nooyi:
Nooyi recalled how she was virtually broke in her first year as an MBA student. “Those were very tough times.,” she said. “At the end of the month, if I saved $5. I thought I had died and gone to heaven. I was totally and complete broke. I had no money to buy clothes. Nothing. Absolutely nothing. I worked the front desk of Hadley Hall from midnight to 5 a.m. at $3.35 an hour, the minimum wage. That money was the grocery money for the week.”
I read a case on Indra Nooyi last quarter, and her story is a definite must-read. She chose the night shift because it paid an extra 50 cents an hour. She didn't have the money to buy a well-made suit so she bought one from a discount store, and wore orange snow boots to an interview (and got rejected). A professor advised her to wear a sari for the next interview (BCG), saying, "if they can't accept you in a sari, it's their loss, not yours." She got the job.
One quote of hers that strikes me: "I am so secure in myself, I don't have to be American to play in the corporate life."
(Reference: International management: managing across borders and cultures. H. Deresky. 8th ed.)
Fortune 100 CEOs: When They Were MBA Students
And just like No Debt MBA, I found inspiration in Pepsi CEO Indra Nooyi:
Nooyi recalled how she was virtually broke in her first year as an MBA student. “Those were very tough times.,” she said. “At the end of the month, if I saved $5. I thought I had died and gone to heaven. I was totally and complete broke. I had no money to buy clothes. Nothing. Absolutely nothing. I worked the front desk of Hadley Hall from midnight to 5 a.m. at $3.35 an hour, the minimum wage. That money was the grocery money for the week.”
I read a case on Indra Nooyi last quarter, and her story is a definite must-read. She chose the night shift because it paid an extra 50 cents an hour. She didn't have the money to buy a well-made suit so she bought one from a discount store, and wore orange snow boots to an interview (and got rejected). A professor advised her to wear a sari for the next interview (BCG), saying, "if they can't accept you in a sari, it's their loss, not yours." She got the job.
One quote of hers that strikes me: "I am so secure in myself, I don't have to be American to play in the corporate life."
(Reference: International management: managing across borders and cultures. H. Deresky. 8th ed.)
10 weeks 'til graduation
Random thoughts today:
> Monday morning, and it's our spring break!! Break started last Friday for me.
> Met an MBA alum on my way to the library. He's an international student who's switching jobs after not-even-a-year. He's going to join a startup after working at a small financial consulting firm. He says he "likes small companies." I wished him good luck!
> It's break, yes, but I am working in the library. It's nice, however, to be working in the library -- getting paid and getting fed (lots of extra food from dissertation camp) -- when most students are away.
> Must remember to get my new I-20 from the International office and mail my OPT application today!
> Need packaging tape to mail a textbook rental back. Ebay in the US is a blessing. There's stuff there that's cheaper than Amazon, Walmart or the dollar store.
> Spending more than I usually do on food with friends, and stuff like ski pants. Trading money for(affordable more-value-for-your-money) memories.
> I need a US driver's license!!! Aaaahhhhhh. Parallel parking, I'll beat you today!
> Double points for Bing Rewards today! Followed it up with Swagbucks! (for more info, follow this link.) I think I've earned around $50 so far with these two sites. Not bad!
> Wondering what to eat for mid-afternoon "lunch."
> Can't wait to know how much my tax refund will be; my tax appointment's next week.
> Wonder what ever happened to No Debt MBA? She stopped writing on her blog since she started her internship. I had been reading it before I came to the US back in 2012. Did she accumulate debt during her second year? Hmm.
> Yes, I'm graduating soon, and I'm feeling lazy, like the stereotypical second-year MBA. Cannot wait to start earning again!
> Monday morning, and it's our spring break!! Break started last Friday for me.
> Met an MBA alum on my way to the library. He's an international student who's switching jobs after not-even-a-year. He's going to join a startup after working at a small financial consulting firm. He says he "likes small companies." I wished him good luck!
> It's break, yes, but I am working in the library. It's nice, however, to be working in the library -- getting paid and getting fed (lots of extra food from dissertation camp) -- when most students are away.
> Must remember to get my new I-20 from the International office and mail my OPT application today!
> Need packaging tape to mail a textbook rental back. Ebay in the US is a blessing. There's stuff there that's cheaper than Amazon, Walmart or the dollar store.
> Spending more than I usually do on food with friends, and stuff like ski pants. Trading money for
> I need a US driver's license!!! Aaaahhhhhh. Parallel parking, I'll beat you today!
> Double points for Bing Rewards today! Followed it up with Swagbucks! (for more info, follow this link.) I think I've earned around $50 so far with these two sites. Not bad!
> Wondering what to eat for mid-afternoon "lunch."
> Can't wait to know how much my tax refund will be; my tax appointment's next week.
> Wonder what ever happened to No Debt MBA? She stopped writing on her blog since she started her internship. I had been reading it before I came to the US back in 2012. Did she accumulate debt during her second year? Hmm.
> Yes, I'm graduating soon, and I'm feeling lazy, like the stereotypical second-year MBA. Cannot wait to start earning again!
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