Thursday, April 1, 2010

How to get A's in MBA School

Coming to Rotman is an interesting experience, because the students that are here are all in the upper half of their undergrad classes, have interesting and valuable work experience and scored decently on the GMAT. In short, they are smart. And now you have a situation where the classes are all bell-curved and they can only give out so many A's...

There are a few key lessons I learned about how to be successful in classes - several of which I need to remember and reintroduce into my daily habits!

1. Go to class
2. Pay attention in class
3. Do the assigned homework problems
4. Get involved in every group assignment
5. Study for exams in groups - cover the courses from start to finish, other students can add an extra layer of perspective to material that you may have thought you understood but you actually didn't.

Additional thoughts - stay on top of classes throughout the quarter - it is amazing how fast 6 weeks (and then the whole of first year) goes by and you end up wondering how it all happened so fast!

That's all for now, I am going to go and take some of my own advice and catch up on readings!

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