Heartfelt thanks to Mark Patterson, Brittany Morris, Jim Babcock, Jim Tiessen, Dale Carl, Wayne McFarlene and all the alumni who were there today. Appreciate all your hard work and input very much.
It means a lot to us new students. Especially because we are anxious, frightened and apprehensive at the beginning of the program. That is , other than being excited, charged and fired up!
This blog documents my MBA student life at Ryerson University, Canada (2010-2012). It was an attempt to demystify the MBA experience, help understand MBA topics & encourage MBA wannabes. I have a Pre-MBA blog about B-School application process (and a few other blogs) as well. I used to blog actively in the past and interact with readers regularly, but life got very busy after my MBA. Good luck. Take care. Cheers! Gerry.
Saturday, August 28, 2010
A note about infrastructure and facilities
I am glad to state that there is excellent infrastructure. No problems of any kind at all. No shortage of resources. Food was excellent. Internet access, auditorium hall facility etc are excellent. In one sentence, this Business School has no shortage of resources for the sake of students. That's good news indeed!
A note about faculty and staff
The staff is so amazing and helpful that I was very moved. Had never expected so much of warmth and so much of love from them. I am deeply touched and honoured. Hopefully, this shall be a life long bond of friendship!
A note about the classmates
I am so happy that we have excellent classmates. The recruitment has done a wonderful job on this. So proud of them. And grateful too. I hear the average GMAT score for our batch is above 616.
Many students are in the range of 25 to 30. They are all mature, well behaved, well dressed, ambitious, smart, outgoing (a few are quiet, silent & shy too :)
So much diversity too - students from all parts of the world. Either Canadian immigrants from around the world or international students. There is an excellent mix. Its like one big Benetton ad - that's for sure! Good learning experience & good mix to have.
Lemme try to list the countries (or the back grounds) from where we have students for this batch - atleast the ones I know of:-
Many students are in the range of 25 to 30. They are all mature, well behaved, well dressed, ambitious, smart, outgoing (a few are quiet, silent & shy too :)
So much diversity too - students from all parts of the world. Either Canadian immigrants from around the world or international students. There is an excellent mix. Its like one big Benetton ad - that's for sure! Good learning experience & good mix to have.
Lemme try to list the countries (or the back grounds) from where we have students for this batch - atleast the ones I know of:-
- Canada
- India
- China
- Ukraine,
- Hungary
- Saudi Arabia
- Vietnam
- Azerbaizan
- Iran
- England
- Ireland
- Scotland
- Egypt
- Denmark
- Nigeria
- Peru
- Venezuela
- Argentina
- Oman
- Pakistan.
Day 2 of Orientation
August 28th, 2010.
7th Floor, TRSM.
8:30 AM to 6 PM
Events:
7th Floor, TRSM.
8:30 AM to 6 PM
Events:
- Registration
- Breakfast
- Qualities in an MBA student - essay.
- Talks by Alumni
- Competition description and info
- Trivia - Quiz competition
- Lunch
- Case competition - Marketing strategy for product sales.
- Spirit competition - comedy, dance etc
- Evening snack & drinks at bar
Day 1 of orientation
Day 1 of orientation was roughly like this:
27th August, 2010.
7th Floor, TRSM.
4PM to 8 PM:
27th August, 2010.
7th Floor, TRSM.
4PM to 8 PM:
- Wine, snacks & cheese.
- Speech by Wendy Cukier, Associate Dean.
- Orientation by Gloria Fernandes about Blackboard & RAMSS.
- Guest lecture by Kathy, HR consultant.
- Orientation by Mark Patterson.
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