Category Archives: mba

the following is a journal entry he includes in his book. and yeah, there’s been a lot of times i feel like this. actually probably more now, in my 3rd semester, than i in the first 2. The time is … Continue reading →

robinson starts off one chapter with the following… If life inside the classroom was intense, life outside the classroom was not a lot of yucks, either. I started fall term with the notion that my classmates and I would do … Continue reading →

there’s a bit early on in the book about a prof telling the class they could have an 8 minute break. that the prof said ‘but when i say eight minutes, i mean eight minutes’. it then goes on to … Continue reading →

remember, this guy did his mba from 1988-90 so this could have changed but its interesting just to see the difference in classes. he talks of having 13 core classes and 2 electives. i have 10 core classes and 3 … Continue reading →

robinson’s first chapter (in snapshots from hell) talks about how he had math camp n computer camp prior to starting classes. something like a week of each. AGSE had a week camp for international students only that i didn’t attend … Continue reading →

a few months ago i was at a bookstore and happened upon a book called snapshots from hell: the making of an mba by peter robinson. this guy went to harvard in the late 80s and wrote a book about … Continue reading →