Onward and Upward

Today I went up the CN Tower. What a spectacle! It was fantastic. Well, in as much as feeling vertigo and being reminded of my fear of heights and hate for all things out of my control are concerned. I mention this because it is the holidays, and I took a nice little vacation from the 16th to the 27th, and have since been easing myself back into work, when my family called to say they had a stopover in Toronto and would I like to join them for lunch I said "yes". Despite what everyone says, you cannot be too prepared, study study study over the holiday break, and get completely up to speed on everything! It is simply not possible to do it all, and it is the holidays so spend some time with family if you are lucky enough for them to be in town! Please!
Now, this will go back to my previous preachings on preparedness, which is front load, front load, front load! If you have been accepted into the school of your choice and have access to their vault guides, start reading now! Well at least next summer, cause by this time next year you will be up to your nose in vault guide and recruiting material and "have you done enough practice interviews" type prep work that will be ten times easier if you already know the vault guide inside out. You can of course make it work, but your life will be ten times easier if you are not reading the vault guide for the first time over the winter break.
Also - if you are a prospective Rotman student and plan to come here next year, please keep up all the involvement! We have reveled in an energized class that is going to the MBA Games in Quebec city for the first time in a few years, and I hope the incoming class, whomever they are are as interested and enthusiastic as my classmates have been.
With that I bid you farewell and a Happy New Year.
Recruiting week approaches soon, and I hope to be giving semi- regular updates here as to the activities and excitement that we see unfold as we vie for interviews and positions at our desired firms, companies and banks over the coming weeks. Wish me luck! And good luck to all my fellow candidates!

Class & finals

Finals are upon us. We have 3 down and 2 to go. One thing I learned this week, is that nothing is at it seems, and you don't have to out run the bear. Meaning that if you think you didn't do well on an exam, and everyone else agrees, you can rest a little easier. So don't let an upset on one exam, muck-up your ability to study for the next exam.
I believe that the last 10 minutes of our finance class should be immortalized as well. I won't spoil it, because I think everyone should hear it straight from the horses mouth. But our esteem professor, Kent Womack, wrapped up class with some life lessons, advice and well wishes that were profound but not preachy, interesting but not obscure and most importantly heartfelt. Relevant by default of coming from a teacher with years of industry experience.
The social aspect of school will be back in full force this Friday as the first years and second years (and hopefully some of the part time students) all head out for a night on the town to celebrate the end of the term.