(quote from COLE leadership training Day #1)
The semester is under way. Super quick update!
South Africa!!!
Safari…
- learned about the Big 5 (as well as the ugly 5 & stupid 5, named by our ranger)
- list of animals seen: zebra, black rhino, hyena, ostrich, giraffe, white rhino, elephants (crossing!), lions far away, kori bustard bird, black chested snake eagle, hanbill (ZAZU!), chameleon (held it!), kudu, rock hyrax (I call them hamster elephants), crocodile, warthog (PUMBA!)….and too many wildebeest & springbok & impala (Started calling them DLT/ALT's - deer/antelope-like-creatures =)
- got a a lot of butt shots. they have a knack of turning their backs to you…
- note: I capitalized the Disney names due to the excitement in the truck + our ranger confirming that no matter the language of his passengers, those names are always understood!
Spring 2...
Sp2 is the term for transitions.
- For High Tech Club we did about 16 interviews (8 in one day!!) and just called out cabinet members last night. Now we actually have to do stuff =)
- FuquaVision is going to have a TON of shows this term - the first 2 are for MBA which are this weekend.
- COLE training was well underway - already have done 2 full days and one All Hand meeting.
- and there's class…. I calculated that I'll be done with 58 credits by the end of this year; 79 is required to graduate. I had a mini heart attack that there would be a cap on credits, but luckily there isn't; I'm making the most of this experience!!
...I also just spent a good amount of time on beatthegmat.com answering questions…not sure why, but I'm semi proud of this one (in response to what characteristic is it about Fuqua students)…here's the link to the whole thread, but I'll copy/paste my most recent essay =)
I'm not quite sure what you would define as a resource... the biggest resource to me are my fellow classmates. That's also my answer for what the common traits are - Fuqua runs because of its students (at least for the Day Time experience).
Before I dive in more to our student-run culture, just wanted to note that while we are serious about what we do, we don't take ourselves too seriously. We make fun of ourselves with FuquaVision. We send useless joke emails at 2 in the morning. I heard that some feedback from prospective students in the beginning of the year was given to admissions that some of us sitting in the lounge were too "casual" -- jeans, flip flops...note, the people who interviewed them were "Dressed up," but those of us in the lounge are busy students volunteering blocks of our time sit and answer any questions (no judgement; we have no say in admissions) and to help candidates relax/kill time between interviews or various admissions events. So of course we're in between classes and not in business casual (unless there was a corporate event). I had been to other schools during my search, and in comparison to Fuqua's "warm" lounge, had been lonely/put off by those tense waiting experiences. So honestly, my gut reaction was that then the person who complained doesn't belong here if that's the expectation/reaction that they had.
Ok, done with vent, back to the student-run aspect... From SY fellowships [Academic (per class), Career (help FY's thru intern process), Admissions (interviews) , COLE (FY teams/Leadership)] to the other events [Symposiums & Conferences (club cabinets), Blue Devil Weekend, Orientations]...to anything else (mock interviews, "prom," etc) it's all here because of what we put into it.
The type of person I think who does well is someone who not only leaves here better than when they first arrived, but also leaves the school better than when they started. So if you're the type of person to put your studying on hold to help someone else who is struggling, is fine with going to class at a different time if you still need to check off some-to do's for a club/career related event, or is happy spend time during winter break helping with phone mock interviews or editing cover letters, is ok to be late to a team meeting if your roommate needs to vent in the hallway, may create a brand new initiative because you see a need, and is ok to prep with others for the same interview, then this is the place for you.
To be clear, there is definitely a subset of people who do much more (I'm over committed and admittedly one of them) and you see them more often doing a lot of these things more visibly in terms of leadership roles. However, I still know that even a classmate who's not super involved, and spends most time with his family or studying, put a few hours aside to help me with accounting and would do it again if I needed help.
The type of person who is just here for themselves may get by, but would be missing out on what I have loved about Fuqua. It's more than the three letter stamp on the resume. I think there are a handful of those who are here just for that, but I don't think they're getting as much out of Fuqua as the rest of us are...
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