Kellogg reception in SFO

Note: I had written a nice blog entry before, but it never got uploaded on Blogger and so i lost it. Oh well, here i am typing it again, maybe not with so much tenacity.

First reaction: "Very few applicants". Had this been year 2000, the room would have been chock full of applicants. The number of applicants definitely seem low this year.

Second reaction came from deep within (from my stomach to be exact): "Where are some munchies?" Since i left for the reception directly after work, I had no time to pick up food. Hence, i was left trying to imbibe some calories from carbonated drinks.

Third and delayed reaction: "Why is it so stuffy in here, someone turn on the AC". The event was at a prominent Investment bank, but after seeing to some cool swanky high tech offices in the south bay, the bank offices really looked grimy.

Kellogg threw a lot of acronyms at me: GIM, LEAP, BASE, CHAOS, MMM...whichever you fancy. Anyways, here are some salient points I picked up:

• Kellogg is big on global issues: GIM is a very popular event among the students. It lasts 10-weeks where you pick a region and industry, and culminates with a trip to that region.
• Kellogg encourages students to be "co-creators of knowledge". If you are interested in a particular industry, you can do more work on a class project with a Professor, and turn it into a paper or case study.
• Kellogg is promoting its finance dept as a hidden gem in the program. Two brochures at the event were dedicated to this.
• Alums were down to earth and friendly: Most of them were in finance roles as opposed to marketing, some were in high tech.
• Prof Petersen and Prof. Sawhney are among the popular Profs at the school.

In all a good event. I picked up some pointers which I need to incorporate into my essays.