The only decision I think I've ever made that's been better than coming to LGO happened on 8/20/11 when I married my wonderful wife. We had a fantastic celebration with family & friends in the Finger Lakes region of New York, which is absolutely beautiful. We set the date a long time before even knowing where we'd be living at this time of year, so it's amazing how the stars aligned with the wedding falling right into the break between summer and fall semesters!
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| An appropriate summary photograph |
In what felt like little more than a hot minute after getting back from NY, Sloan Orientation started, and I got to meet my new Class of 2013 MBA classmates - all 400 of them! Orientation week set up some great opportunities to get to know the new recruits, meet and greet with our new Ocean mates, and settle into our core teams. All pretty awesome stuff. Sloan divides the MBA class up into (I think) 7 "Oceans" with which students take all of the core classes. Each Ocean is divided into "core teams," which are smaller groups within the Oceans directly analogous to our summer LGO teams (<3 Bearpack). I happen to be a member of the Caribbean Sea Ocean Cranes, as a matter of fact. My new teammates, though very different from the Bearpack, are awesomely diverse (aircraft carrier sailor, anesthesiologist, and Spanish consultant, to name a few) and are super excited to be studying at MIT.
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| This is not an ocean, unless you're at Sloan. Also, I still can't spell "Caribbean" 99% of the time. |
In addition to rocking packed schedules of MBA core, business, and engineering courses this semester, the LGOs have definitely been making time for fun, though. We embarked a few weeks ago on a pretty epic camping trip whose success faced some awfully long odds. We left Cambridge en route to the White Mountains area of New Hampshire after Sloan Team Day on Friday afternoon. If you've never indulged in Boston rush hour, it looks exactly like this:
Also, it was pouring rain. And cold. After 3 hours of driving (to go 45 miles), we finally arrived at the park (in the dark) and started to set up camp. For a few minutes, it looked grim. There was mud. There was incessant rain. There was adversity. But LGOs persevere. Within an hour, we had engineered ourselves an awesome shelter, got a roaring fire started, and were set to enjoy a fantastic weekend in the woods, weather be damned.
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| Working on our shelter. |
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| Who wants cheese on their burger? |
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| LGOs Persevere |
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| Much better Saturday weather |
Finally, we're also busy working on planning the 2011 LGO Ambassador Day & Information Evening. This was the single best MBA/grad-school recruiting event I attended during my application process last year, so we're trying to put on a great event again for this prospectives. If you're considering LGO, this is your best opportunity to see the program, meet faculty/staff/students/alumni, and explore the Boston/Cambridge area. I highly, highly recommend it. (More information can be found here.) Hope to see you there!
That's about all for now, though I'll do my best to be back soon.
Cheers!
