Math Camp

Ok, so today was the first day of math camp. The best word for it was "wow". It's been about 8 years since I plotted a graph and so I spent several hours during the day wondering if I'd made the right decision (of course I have, but this can be a bit overwhelming at times). Anyway, huge props to my study group members -Courteney, Robyn, Michael, and AK- who are phenomenal people. Not only are they smart as hell, but they've done some amazing things and come from some amazing places- AK is from Iceland! But anyway, a little about what we covered today in math camp.

Day 1- Started with introductions. There are about 60 participants and they've got hidden talents ranging from classical trained ballet to being able to wiggle their ears. After intros, we jumped into algebraic inequalities, quadratic equations, summations, factoring, exponents, logarithms and then solving econ problems and graph plotting. And for all you high school folks who are probably thinking "We just covered quadratic equations yesterday and I'm only in high school", so what? LOL. No seriously, it's interesting when you realize you haven't heard the term "natural log" in almost a decade. Damn, I feel old. Anyway, tomorrow it's on to probabilities and stats.

I'm off to bed. Tired already.

I Have Arrived!!

I am officially checked into the Schwab Residential Center at Stanford!!! Tomorrow is the beginning of the Quantitative Pre-Enrollment Program (QPEP or "math camp"). More to come later tonight- Then I can write all about how expensive this move is and how I'm on the verge of feeling overwhelmed.

Sorry....

Ok, ok, I apologize. I guess people read my blog- so I'm hoping I'm actually apologizing to someone. I won't promise to do better, but I'll definitely try. It's just that ever since I quit that job, I have really been chilling. I figured out what I really want to do with my life after b-school- sit on my behind. Anyway, I have done a few things this summer and I HIGHLY recommend item number 1.

1) MBA Jumpstart- Started by two Fuqua alum who did a WONDERFUL job putting together this event for African-American students who will begin an MBA program at several top b-schools this fall. Jumpstart focused on two primary areas- finance and consulting- and gave students an opp to learn about careers in the fields and to network (and we got some free stuff). Elton and John pulled together some huge sponsors for the event - JPMorganChase, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Banc of America Securities, BCG, and Merill Lynch. I'm sure I'm forgetting some.

2) I've been working on the Exce Skills Accessor that Stanford requires, completed my career assessment tests, registered for some pre-term social activities (which, as a heads up, typically have a cost associated with them. School is sucking me DRY and I haven't even started!!), worked on my resume, and paid for math camp. Still have to finish the accounting and get my passport photo for the facebook.

3) And I dropped my car off yesterday to be shipped to Cali.

So that's what's been up with me.