Blue Devil Blog
This entry was posted on 4/4/2007 2:04 PM and is filed under MBA.
By Matt Miner
Ain’t no party like a b-school party ‘cause a b-school party don’t stop
I just got back from Durham, NC where the Duke MBA program was hosting its admitted students weekend. Having attended, I came away with one powerful conclusion: Admitted students weekend is not a good time to sleep.
I will not clutter our blog with any attempt to detail the schedule. I will say that I left parties on Friday night and Saturday night at midnight and 1am respectively and was among the first 10% to say Uncle. In some ways, it reminded me of undergrad except that people were more confident and accomplished, and instead of having a fistful of Washingtons at the grocery store, they could credibly flash Jacksons at the bar (with perhaps dozens more where those came from); these young gunners are attending B-school in order to attain to bottle-service and a roll o’ hundos on graduation.
I set out with two objectives – to secure an apartment and to meet some of my classmates. Done and Done. But I attained a stretch goal. I learned about a new blog. And on my first visit there, I found this post. Now, if you’re an overweening moralist, or don’t think there is something very funny about the consulting lifestyle (Don’t miss “Consulting Paradise” on this link) point your browser here. Everything will be OK now.
On the other hand, if you do think that’s at least a little funny, let me tell you my modest proposal for those who overflow their seats on planes. I sat next to one such person on my flight from ATL to PHX. As a sometimes-economist, I say, take an economic approach. If you take 10% of my seat and 100% of my armrest with your fat stores, then you should pay for perhaps 30% of my ticket. In this way, I would receive some compensation for arriving in Phoenix with a sweaty thigh. Dear readers, what do you think? Should fatty-boombalatties be able to steal from us on the plane anymore? Or could this be an opportunity to curb this obesity epidemic? Register your thoughts on minerbrothers.com with a comment.
