It's beginning to feel a lot like... Internship and Midterm season!
I apologize to those of you who read the first seven words and began to have the tune for a Christmas song in your head... but it seemed an appropriate way to express my sentiment!
I feel like I just started here at Fisher, but I've already had two interviews for internships, with another next week, and a fourth one pending... It's truly wonderful how many great companies are coming specifically to Fisher to recruit MBA interns. I met some amazing representatives from American Woodmark, Unilever, P&G, Bosch, DOW and many other companies at the Fisher Career Fair the end of last month. From that fair, I was able to get an interview with two very senior employees at American Woodmark. The internship sounds truly amazing, mostly because of how appealing the company culture is. I also got an interview with Johnson&Johnson. One of the interviewers had been a presenter at the Operations & Logistics Boot Camp at Fisher. (The Boot Camps are excellent opportunities to really get a feel for the different career paths, as well as to mingle with professionals). A big thanks to the Office of Career Management for sponsoring so many great opportunities!
The other big news at Fisher is that midterm season is almost upon us! The Class of 2011 has its first midterm next Tuesday, and then two midterms and one midterm presentation the following week. It's hard to believe that so much time has gone by. As a "newbie" to the quarter system, I am truly amazed at how rapidly the classes progress. I'm sure I won't be the only one doing some serious studying and reviewing the next two weeks! One really nice thing is that several professors are holding extra review sessions in the evenings and even on weekends, in addition to the normal review sessions during the week. The professors here are truly dedicated to our success - it's a really nice feeling to know that people really care about our progress!
Good luck to everyone studying, and congratulations to the new FGSA members from the Class of 2011!
Stacey