MBA Bottomline
The MBA experience is over. I actually graduated June of last year but never really seemed to close out on this blog. I kind of felt "studentsy" and didn't want to give up. Although, i have been slogging and thinking for way too long to now realize the benefits from the rigors of the MBA program.
Let me summarize the program by the numbers
Number of quarters in class : 10
Number of credits : 86
Average Hours in class per week : 8.6
Average Hours spent preparing for class per week: 10
Average hours preparing per quarter : 20
Average hours for exams (prep and completion) : 40
Average work hours from 2004-2007 : 40
Average time with friends and family per week : 8
Average vacation time used for school work per quarter: 32
Average time for socializing per quarter at school : 20
Shelf space covered by the books to read: 24
Bookcases purchased for storing the collected books: 3
Number of books read: Lost count. recorded a few on this blog, others on notes filed carefully in boxes. I could come up with few more numbers based on the calendar logs but the idea is clear.
I wish
I had spent more time networking
I had attended more events
I had gone on the school trip
I had used the career services more
I had attended more day classes
I did not have to return to the real world
I completed the entrepreneurship certificate
The school experience was a blast. I loved every moment of it was sad to see it end and didn't know what to do with all the free time on my hands. But found that i could not continue on the path for long as fatigue set in and found my brain slow, lose energy and momentum and it got harder and harder to jump start it.
I finally managed to get a break in November travel to India for 5 weeks with my son and meet people and see some places together. Refreshed, yes but also tired and stressed out at losing paychecks during the period.
I am still on the exploratory path and hope to start another blog on my career experience journey touching various thoughts, options and decisions leading me to this point and beyond.
Life is huge! we just have to pick what we want to do with it; this implies consciously letting go of a lot of things (possibilities). The hardest part of life for me yet.
So long now
A
Let me summarize the program by the numbers
Number of quarters in class : 10
Number of credits : 86
Average Hours in class per week : 8.6
Average Hours spent preparing for class per week: 10
Average hours preparing per quarter : 20
Average hours for exams (prep and completion) : 40
Average work hours from 2004-2007 : 40
Average time with friends and family per week : 8
Average vacation time used for school work per quarter: 32
Average time for socializing per quarter at school : 20
Shelf space covered by the books to read: 24
Bookcases purchased for storing the collected books: 3
Number of books read: Lost count. recorded a few on this blog, others on notes filed carefully in boxes. I could come up with few more numbers based on the calendar logs but the idea is clear.
I wish
I had spent more time networking
I had attended more events
I had gone on the school trip
I had used the career services more
I had attended more day classes
I did not have to return to the real world
I completed the entrepreneurship certificate
The school experience was a blast. I loved every moment of it was sad to see it end and didn't know what to do with all the free time on my hands. But found that i could not continue on the path for long as fatigue set in and found my brain slow, lose energy and momentum and it got harder and harder to jump start it.
I finally managed to get a break in November travel to India for 5 weeks with my son and meet people and see some places together. Refreshed, yes but also tired and stressed out at losing paychecks during the period.
I am still on the exploratory path and hope to start another blog on my career experience journey touching various thoughts, options and decisions leading me to this point and beyond.
Life is huge! we just have to pick what we want to do with it; this implies consciously letting go of a lot of things (possibilities). The hardest part of life for me yet.
So long now
A
posted by Ashvin Naik @ 1:03 PM
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