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Clockwatching

The clocks in the examination schools are great. They're these big wooden affairs with lots of decoration, and when the hands move they kind of jerk, lunging forward from one minute to the next, before wobbling a bit and settling down. You can almost hear the clockwork.

The exams themselves are going pretty well. If eight weeks ago you'd have told me that I'd have come through accounting, finance 1 and decision science exams without turning into a gibbering ball of stress, or collapsing on the floor of the examination hall in a sobbing bundle I'd have been surprised to say the least. This may be rampant overconfidence and self delusion but I think they went quite well. I won't know till Januray though.

Tomorrow is Industrial Organisations, People and Organisations and Strategic Management. In theory these are my kind of thing, nice essay based subjects with lots of room for waffle. (hint, the trick is to waffle as little as possible). Anyway, I've spent so much time revising the quantitative side of the course I'm woefully underprepared. This is where three years of Oxford tutorials should come into their own. I may or may not know my stuff, but I should sure be able to sound like I do... Fingers crossed.


Only in Oxford (Part 34)

would the final piece of revision for an exam consist of remembering how to tie a bow tie. Yes, tomorrow we are into the thick of it in our best sub-fusc (under brown don't you know). That's dark suits, white shirt, white bow tie, gown and mortar board (carried, under no circumstances worn) for the boys and dark suits, white blouse, black neck ribbon and cap (worn not carried) for the girls.

Advanced student gown is the one you're looking at for this

Two hours of accountancy coming up and I feel oddly confident. Can't last though.


CEO's too dumb for business school

At least thats what Lucy Kellaways painstaking research for the Financial Times has turned up. (you'll need a subscription to read it online) apparently the typical CEO would only score 540 on the GMAT, not exactly the kind of thing they're looking for at Harvard. Of course Ms Kellaway is smart enough to suggest that just maybe the flaw lies in the GMAT rather than the CEO's.


How to make friends and influence people

In a sudden bout of altruism I've just published all my revision notes on the schools internal network. So far the response is positive. I'll be publishing them all on this site too once the exams are over (haven't got time right now). Not so that future students can use them for revision - I'm not convinced they'd be that useful for that, but so that people can see what it is we study here.

Now, back to the books


 
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