How to Study

Studying is not like riding a bike. You forget how to do it. Seems like in the professional world, you're only required to retain in a small portion of your job. But mostly, you work on one task, one project, one program, and then you can forget most of it- the new project is completely different and doesn't really relate to the previous one. But studying requires learning, understanding, and- the most difficult part at this age- remembering. I need to figure out where they sell that Gingko Biloba stuff.

I'm preparing for an exemption exam in Information Management. Stanford allows you to test out of core classes, but not so that you have free time or receive credits before classes start, but so that you can indulge in an elective you'll enjoy. There are exemption exams for Financial Accounting, Economics, Modeling, Data and Decisions (Stats), and Information Management (IT stuff). The only class in the core that you can not exempt out of is Organizational Behavior.

Preterm also begins this week. Stanford GSB starts a little later than most b-schools. Pre-term kicks off this week with two days of Cardinal Cards which is a management stimulation in which we're expected to turn around a failing company. We then have classes in Ethics and Managing Teams. These are wrapped with financial aid and Career Management Center workshops, company visits, sessions on how to do a case, dinners, lunches, and social activities that will take us all over the Greater San Francisco area.

More to come on this later....forgot that I was supposed to be studying.