Summer: The Internship Years

It's been a while since I've updated one of these blog posts.  Hopefully I haven't forgotten how to do it! It's like riding a bike right?!?  hehe.  I just want to give some quick updates on how much summer has been going thus far in the context of Business school.

A couple of weeks ago we had an event at the Cornell Club in NYC.  It was dubbed a Trifecta event.  Initially I wasn't sure why it was called this but I think I've figured it out.  It was an event for Johnson Alums....Current Students.... AND the Incoming class.  That seems like a plausible reason right?  Yeah, we'll go with that.  The event was HELLA fun because I got to see the members of the Class of 2011, many of whom I hadn't seen since I was a prospective student!  I also got to see many of the members of the Class of 2012 who had just graduated.  Again, I hadn't seen those folks in a while because I was already in Japan/Korea when they were in their final weeks in Ithaca.

There were also members from my class (Class of 2013) who were in attendance as well as a GREAT number of the incoming class (Class of 2014).  I would say that my class had the least number of representatives because most people were still at their respective internships.  With the event being from 6pm-8pm the chances of people, who are interning, leaving early to attend the event are fairly slim.  I also didn't see that many bankers there from any class.  That's how that business goes though right?

It was nice to see people from the incoming class and seeing their excitement.  If you notice, I only refer to them as the incoming class haha... I don't want to give up my title of a 1st year just yet, so I'm holding on to that for as long as possible.  I guess once they start math camp next week, I have to give up the title.  Until then.... NO SIR.

Aside from the Trifecta event, I've been hanging out with my classmates a lot.  There will definitely be another post about the transition from Non-MBA -> MBA friends because - at least for me - there is definitely a transition period.  After work on Fridays, my default is to text my classmates to see what they're up to.  That's not to say that I don't have any other friends in the city, but I've spent 8/9/10 years with them and only a "relatively" small amount of time (although collectively it's probably more) with my business school friends and I miss them.

When we go out.... we go HARD!  I've been doing a lot of party hopping because for me it's the cheapest way to drink in the city.  I also like to make sure that I nurture relationships with the 2nd years now that they are gone.  We were more or less acquaintances at school but now that we're away from school, I just genuinely enjoy spending time with them.

I've got a busy week coming up because I'm flying to Lake Tahoe on Thursday for a friend's Bachelor Party.  I am also going to be trying to watch the Olympics during every free second that I have.  I am obsessed with the Olympics.  But right now I want to write another blog post before I get uninspired.  Stay Tuned!