My weekly class schedule

Just to give you an idea, we have one class per subject per week by one Professor. Classes are 3 hours long. There is powerpoint presentation and discussion as the slides progress. But we also have facility to be able to show internet webpages etc on the screen along with sound from speakers. So, sometimes, the Professor shows us interesting YouTube videos too!

My weekly class schedule is as follows (classes are in the 9th floor of TRSM)
Sunday: No class
Monday: Strategy class from 1 PM to 4 PM
Tuesday: Accounting class from 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM
Wednesday: Business Law & Ethics (RG&SRM) from 10 AM to 1 PM  &
                    Marketing from 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM
Thursday: No class
Friday: Human Resources from 9 AM to 12 noon.
Saturday: No class

The problem for me is that I commute from Hamilton everyday to attend classes and I do a part time job as well to support myself. Hopefully, things shall get better soon, as time passes and as we settle down into the program. I can say with confidence that week 3 is better than week 2. And week 2 was better than week 1 ! Cheers to that !

MBA party today, but there is a lot of work to do!

We have the first MBA Student Association party today in a club in the downtown Toronto area. But I am not at all in the mood to go. There is just too many assignments to be completed.

As time goes by, the work load is increasing. It is not easy to be able to juggle so many tasks. What is happening is that each course has :

• Group presentation
• Individual assignment
• Weekly readings
• Occasional tests
• Class participation (mandatory - 20% marks are based on participation)

There is always something going on. If you do not maintain a calendar and look at it often, you shall be in a mess! Remembering all the information is not easy too. Another problem is this - there are some subjects that are pretty easy to understand when you discuss in class. But when it comes to remembering the information and representing them in a test, one may not be able to do that easily.

So it is all about read, read, read, memorize, memorize, memorize !!! Plus it helps if you discuss and implement.

At the start of the MBA program, I was pretty excited about networking and making friends. But now, I feel like just being alone with my books and trying to stuff all that knowledge into my head! Networking is good, but what is the use of networking if one fails in a subject ?! Networking is only useful; after passing the MBA ! I am sure that with time, once there is a routine, a pattern, things shall get better !