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Time for an update!
We're already in Week 8 of the Spring Quarter, meaning there are only 2.5 weeks left of classes in my academic career. The pace has been a lot better this quarter (meaning slower), since the AMR Consulting project is over and I'm only take three standard classes which seem to have minimal group work. Extra time spent looking for jobs and preparing for interviews has been filling the void.
Recruiting: Ahh, if it wasn't for recruiting my life would be so stress free. I had a few interviews between spring break and the first few weeks of the quarter, some of which seemed very encouraging. Unfortunately nothing has turned into an offer, and opportunities through the school seemed to have died down. Lately most of my job applications have been random resume drops on company websites, which, unfortunately, are much less likely to be looked at than through campus connections. The spreadsheet I'm using to track what companies/positions I've applied for and their status tells me I completed my 50th application of the year this past week. So that's a nice little milestone.
It's really not the potential loss of income that's bothering me so much (although I guess that will become increasingly more important as student loans start coming due in the near future). It's more the uncertainty of not knowing where I'll be living, when I'll be moving, or anything about my future that's so stressful. There's also kinda a bad stigma in b-school about graduating without a job, but I don't let the embarrassment of being jobless bother me as much as I used to, and besides, it seems like a lot of classmates are still looking. Either way, I try to stay as positive as I can. Plus, I can look forward to all the extra beach time I will have this summer while all those suckers with new jobs are slaving away in the office.
Classes: This has definitely my favorite quarter of classes at Anderson. I decided to select highly rated professors and classes instead of enrolling in more boring finance classes that I felt obligated to take based on my career focus. This quarter, I'm taking two real estate classes, both taught by professionals who have their own real estate development companies and actively work in the field. Cases In Real Estate taught by Professor Sussman, a multiple award winning faculty member, is probably my favorite class I've taken at Anderson. I'm also taking a Global Supply Chain class, which sounds like a boring title, but the professor is one of the most interesting I've had and the case discussions are interesting. All three professors are hilarious and extremely knowledgeable in their fields, erasing any pain of waking up for class before 7 am three times a week.
Student Investment Fund: We still have weekly meetings for the Student Investment Fund, but at this point we have now passed the portfolio management responsibilities to the new class of 1st years. I'm pleased to announce that I was the top performing manager on our Growth Fund, and had the 2nd highest returns (out of 11 students) in the entire Fund. I also selected the highest performing stock in the Growth Fund, none other than Madison Square Garden (MSG). Thank you Jeremy Lin.
An update on all the fun happenings in my last quarter at Anderson in the next post.
