Michaelmas (first term) grades finally came out. Remember, with these numbers, that grades are different here than in the US. A 50 is a pass, a 60 is a “strong pass”, and a 70 is a “distinction”. Decision Science: 64 Developing Effective Managers: 63 Finance 1: 63 Financial Reporting: 62 Managerial Economics: 59 Strategy 1: […]
except, of course, I probably will. First week of classes over! And I think some of the best lectures that I’ve had so far. For anyone who’s considering coming to the Oxford MBA program, take the Macro Econ class with Oren Sussman. Also… well, just about everything I’m taking. I’m pretty excited about all the […]
Or close the wall up with our International dead. In rest there’s nothing so becomes a man As modest reading and travel: But when the blast of school blows in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger; Open the Lib’ries, summon up the blood, Disguise fair nature with coffee fueled rage; That lend […]
My first term at Oxford is over. It consisted of six core subjects: Finance I, Strategy I, Managerial Economics, Decision Science (Statistics), Developing Effective Managers (Organisational Behaviour), and Financial Reporting (Accounting). There were a few amazing lecturers, a few average ones, and a couple of really, unconscionably bad ones. I’ve shared my thoughts on the […]
No fun, just heavy excel-ing and general analysis. OK, that’s not true. I have had some fun. Mostly at the expense of my stress levels and my ability to sleep. 7th week starts tomorrow. Three assignments due next week, and one the following week (analyse eBay and the internet auction industry in microeconomic terms in […]
Work work work. And a little bit of play. I should really be reading but… This week was Diwali, a major Hindu/Jain/Sikh holiday– the biggest holiday of the year in fact.. As about 1/4 of our class is from India, we of course had a party. There was lots of tasty curry (everyone was concerned […]
Work One-sixth of the coursework is over and I think I could now hold my own in buzzword bingo and have mastered a few of the key models of how we sort of tend to think that the world and their well-functioning financial markets work, except that, of course, like any model, they don’t really […]
I have been made the Pembroke MCR Sommelier. That is nice. I think it basically means that I get to spend money that’s not mine on wine for the rest of the year. You can imagine what joy that brings me. Maren asked me this AM if I was feeling better. I realised that since […]
(warning: little of import to say, mostly rambling, somewhat incoherent, and no time to edit. You have been warned.) I joined the Oxford Union which will theoretically get me into loads of cool events, including, last night, a talk by the Prime Minister of Turkey (a figure of some controversy currently), though I was about […]
They do fire drills in the middle of the night here. And they don’t seem to know how to stop them alarm. Whee. Powered by Zoundry