Academies, Curriculum, Round Tables and Kelley Code

I am here at Kelley. The school, thats giving me the exposure or experience that I have never thought of. I am happy. It is motivating me to put the extra hours. From Monday starts the Kelley Core. It is one of the most rigorous time that I am going to go through in these 2 years. I have to study 8 subjects. I am excited to face it though I know that its going to overwhelm me.

The one specialty that makes Kelley stand out from other business schools is its Academies. Academies give you the training and the contacts in your interest area. I am interested in consulting and so there is no problem deciding on that count. But, If you are open, you can see so many academies each trying to propel you into the direction you want to go to.

For example, McKinsey does not come to recruit on campus at Kelley. But, thanks to the director of our Consulting Academy, the second years are going to McKinsey for a week long experience on one of their live projects. MBA is all about networking and you will get lots of opportunities to network with the top guys in whatever function you want to get into. Thats why Academies are so special about.

The other specialty about Kelley Curriculum is that you need not specialize in any one Major (Ex: Marketing, Finance..) and you can design your own courses. It is called design major. Kelley offers so many courses to customize your curriculum that you can take courses from the wide breadths.

Coming to the networking part, It starts well ahead of what you think. Today we went to meet recruiters. Yes. Today and you are right that we have not started our classes yet. Classes commence from next monday. We had an informal chat yesterday evening and a formal session today with the recruiters where we discuss about their companies and the positions that they offer.

Kelley is very strict about its code as most business schools do. You have to abide b the high standards of integrity. It means that you may not do the 100% work, but you need to be genuine.

All in all it is exciting. It is like knowing that you are going to e hit hard, but, You want to experience the victory once you come over that. Go Hoosiers..!