Have not been able to post lately due to the overwhelming amount of work in business school. As much as I prefer qualititative over the quantitative classes, in terms of time it is not really easier. In quants it takes me a lot of time to comprehend the concepts and their application. In qualititative classes it takes no less time to do research and write papers. I have a tendency to get caught up in research to make sure I cover all the bases in a comprehensive way. Sometimes I spend hours in research to write just one paragraph. So staying up till wee hours of the morning has been way too common occasion for me in the last three weeks.
I mentioned before that this summer term both classes I have are non-quants: Business and Public Policy and Nature of Markets, aka Introduction to Marketing. In both classes we have to do case studies. All marketing cases are group assignments, and we have to crank out a case a week. There is some levereging in that, because we have divvied up the cases within the group, but still we have one final case to not just write a paper, but also do a class presentation.
In Business and Public Policy I wrote two cases so far and there is one final group project. I got maximum possible points on the first one about PR crisis in Toyota recalls. The second one was done in a more hop scotch manner, so I am waiting to see by how much I missed the mark. Our group project and presentation is shaping up quite nicely so far, so I hope it will give us above average grade overall.
This Saturday I have a “chain-group-meating” in the afternoon. First for marketing, then piggy backed on it – for Public Policy. It’s going to be at least five hours total. I am not sure if I am more concerned about “brain freeze” or “brain meltdown” as a result of that. 
The only consolation is that it is going to be over next week. After final presentations we will still have a take-home exam in marketing. But next weekend it is going to be done at any rate. Can’t wait for a summer break and vacation. GWU School of Business is offering two summer modules, but I opted to have a little break and take vacation instead of the second module. I will have total 18 credits by the end of this module, so I am pretty much on schedule with the program. To make up fot this little summer lull I have already registered for 9, instead of my usual 7.5 credits in Fall term. But it’s is to early to fret about that yet.
I will update my status with the Summer term once I am done with it. For now, back to studies.
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