Rotman is keeping me busy...

4 official weeks at Rotman have gone and Q1 is about to finish….

It has been long that I have tried a hand to write something in my blog. Virtually I have written 3 DMD (Decision making diary) entries and one essay on Moneyball. I had promised myself to write a blog every two weeks but found difficulty to keep up with time. Let me summarize last four weeks of official Rotman curriculum.

Let me start with a typical day at Rotman:

Get up at 6 AM – Prepare for the class

8:15 AM – Get in to subway for school

9:15 to 11:15 AM – FIT class

11:30 to 1:00 PM – Stats class

1:00 to 2:00 PM – Club meeting

2:15 to 3:45 PM – Accounting class

4:00 to 4:30 PM – Meeting with professor

4:30 to 6:30 PM – Accounting scholar session

6:30 to 7:30 PM – Economics scholar session

7:45 to 8:30 PM – Get in to subway for home

8:30 to 9:00 PM – Rest (I have life as well), check Facebook, check RWorld, check personal email etc.

9:00 to 9:30 PM – Cook food

10:00 to 1:00 AM – Prepare for next day

1:00 AM to 6:00 AM – Sleep (if you are lucky)

Week 1 started at a steady note and with a lot of promise. Professors are very conversant and dedicated.  Within couple of days I realized why upper years said that it’s gonna be fun. Five subjects started with a bang with lots of workload. MBA is getting more work done is less time and first year is designed in such a way that professors give more work than one can handle and we need to prioritize work according to one’s merit. I was just absorbing studies after 8+ years and Economics professor announced quiz at the start of Week 2 so it’s time to test what prof taught us. Side by side group project and assignments also kicked off. Week 3 was stable but it was linearly increasing with work. More quizzes and assignments were keeping everybody busy. Week 4 started with clubs kick-off meetings. I wanted to join each one of them but for the obvious reason of time scarcity I decided against it and joined Consulting, Business technology, Risk, Net impact and out-reach clubs. Got knows from where will I get time to attend all the sessions. I am definitely not a finance guy so did not join Rotman Finance Association. We had to write an essay on Money ball. This was a big pain for most of us especially when you need to find relevance between a baseball book and business. Money ball movie was released in the nick of time but I did not watch it as per some of my classmate’s advice. I am going to watch it on 06^th Oct along with Prof Womack.

Exams are knocking at the door and will start from 16^th Oct. It’s hard to believe that first quarter will be over soon. As per upper years the next quarter is going to be the toughest one in entire Rotman journey. I already have more than I can handle so don’t know what will Q2 bring. Keeping my figures crossed.

On the personal front I have moved (with my cousin) to new Condo in Younge Street, already joined and left gym thrice and planning to start swimming. Only study and no play has put a couple of pounds on me and my new business suit is hardly fitting me now. I have to shed some weight but not finding any time for it.

I hope to live up with my promise and try to write something once in every 2 weeks. C ya…..