Summer seems to be heating up and yet winding down, as we follow new MBA students to campus in this Top #MBA Tweets of the Week, a weekly column of notable Twitter posts from the business school community. As prospective MBA students tackle their applications, the Classes of 2018 are continuing to make their ways to their respective b-school campuses.
Assistant Dean of Yale School of Management, Bruce Delmonico, captured the “before and after” of orientation:
https://twitter.com/bdelmonico/status/763441620863815680
https://twitter.com/bdelmonico/status/765237558578208772
Students also convened at the Toronto / Rotman School of Management and UNC / Kenan-Flagler:
Welcome Rotman FT MBA Class of 2018! A proud #MBA Orientation with the most diverse class in our history. pic.twitter.com/iC8ivE0wHz
— Niki da Silva (@Niki_daSilva) August 24, 2016
Fantastic venue @UNC Blue Zone+outstanding group of @kenanflagler MBA Class of '18 students=great start 2 great day pic.twitter.com/hPfKHBVp0N
— Tim Flood (@2timflood) August 9, 2016
Orientation days are filled with plenty of activities and speaker events, as seen at UCLA / Anderson, USC / Marshall, and other programs:
Orientation ropes course lesson: Leaders lean on each other & learning can take place outside the @uclaMBA classroom pic.twitter.com/2grvgwJIEA
— UCLA MBA Admissions (@uclaMBA) August 5, 2016
https://twitter.com/brandyinboise/status/761968961764425728
https://twitter.com/USCMBACRC/status/761697932462522368
NYU / Stern let followers behind the scenes…
Follow along on @Snapchat this week as we go behind-the-scenes at #SternLAUNCH MBA orientation! Username: nyustern pic.twitter.com/kklPqE1ME4
— NYU Stern (@NYUStern) August 23, 2016
…while their faculty and staff also enjoyed orientation:
It is my favorite day of the year @nyustern … 400 new MBAs join our community … #SternLAUNCH begins! GAME ON! pic.twitter.com/BlbZg5QxJ6
— Dolly Chugh (she/her) (@DollyChugh) August 23, 2016
Very much looking fwd to tonight's "new beginnings" dinner at Ellis Island w incoming @NYUStern MBA #Classof2018 – Celebrating #SternLAUNCH
— Peter Henry (@PeterBlairHenry) August 23, 2016
#SternLAUNCH is in full swing! MBA1s Keshav, Evan and Melinda meet Dean @PeterBlairHenry pic.twitter.com/VZceaxzGNz
— NYU Stern (@NYUStern) August 24, 2016
London Business School and Georgetown / McDonough also shared some pics from welcoming activities:
Check out these photos of MiF and MBA students at this year’s
Orientation: https://t.co/OBxePqXVPp pic.twitter.com/iICD7Mt4Xb— London Business School (@LBS) August 19, 2016
Finished up orientation with a food truck picnic. Welcome to all of our new students! #WeAreMSB pic.twitter.com/9eRbZQqZuB
— Georgetown MBA (@MSB_MBA) August 4, 2016
Orientation can also be a time for self-reflection, hard work, and of course, humor, as these new students showed through their perspectives:
https://twitter.com/YepImLoveless/status/767101805507383296
https://twitter.com/AbbeyKCates/status/767821766626516992
It's Day 2 of MBA orientation and I already have a test. This is going to be a fun 16 months 😟
— Parker Randell (@pj_randell) August 12, 2016
First week of bschool done. Sleep-deprived but so happy I made the right decision to come here! #WeAreMSB
— Tiffany Huang (@tifxh) August 12, 2016
Finally, UNC / Kenan-Flagler summed up one of the many positive outcomes of orientation:
From strangers to BFFs in 1 week: @kenanflagler's #MBA Orientation is a wrap! Congrats #Classof2018! Happy #FDOC! pic.twitter.com/VEK9ce5Wjn
— UNC MBA Admissions (@UNC_MBA) August 12, 2016
Best of luck to the new members of the Class of 2018!
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