Tag Archives: “Cornell”
Graduation and Other Miscellaneous Thoughts
Moving My Belongings From Ithaca
There was no flippin way I was going to get all of my stuff into my relatively tiny Maxima so I had to pack up a lot of crap into boxes last week, to get them shipped off. In total, I packed up 4 boxes and my printer. Boxes mostly included old textbooks, which I have a lot of, winter clothes, and other clutter/junk. You know what I’m talking about - when everything’s tucked away in drawers and shelves you don’t notice, but once you have to start packing, you realize how much clutter you actually have. Slight hitch with the pickup, but the boxes were picked up on Saturday and I hope they’ve been shipped out by now. I have to call them up tomorrow to confirm.
What I’ve Been Up To (It’s Been Awhile)
Final Semester Winding Down
I have a paper due tomorrow and a revision of another paper due Tuesday, and I’m officially done with college work. Graduation is on May 28 and the Cornell era of my life will come to a close. I’m moving back home after graduation mainly because I need time to get my venture(s) off the ground and start generating more significant income. But the more I think about it, I don’t think I’ll be able to stand living at home on a long term basis.
Nothing against my parents, but I really prefer my own private life. At first I was thinking it probably would be okay, but then I remembered parents scrutinize everything you do, or at least mine do, and I probably won’t be able to tolerate that very long after living on my own for 5 years. As for my business, I was originally considering staying in Ithaca for an extra year because I’m initially targeting local businesses in Ithaca. But I don’t think that a physical presence in Ithaca is absolutely necessary.
No Academic Motivation Left
Wow, since Spring Break my motivation to do school work has plummeted. I just don’t feel like doing any school work anymore. I look at my textbook and it’s just like, I don’t want to read this at all. There just doesn’t seem to be a point, at this point. I’m focusing more and more time on entrepreneurial endeavors. In under 2 months I’ll be a graduate. I can’t wait to be out of school.
Parallel Processing
I must say that the one thing Cornell has endowed me with is the ability to multitask. The ability to handle several different tasks and responsibilities at any given time. I’ve mentioned this before but my schedule this semester is pretty light. The one class, Electronic Commerce, that I thought would be interesting and informational turned out pretty disappointing. It’s a 600-level graduate course in the Cornell business school too. I’m not learning anything I didn’t already know and the course leans more towards the technical side and I was expecting a strategy related course.
Spring 2006 Semester
So it’s finally my last semester in college. This semester I’m looking to cruise through and spend more time on my business. I only have a humanities requirement left so I’m taking an Introduction to China class which seems fairly interesting since it does directly relate to me. (We have the same history but China and Taiwan are separate, independent nations). I’m also taking a high level course at the Johnson business school on electronic commerce so that should be a pretty good experience. My schedule also includes Introduction to Wines, one of the most popular classes at Cornell, one that many seniors take. We basically learn all about wines and do lots of tastings. Should be fun. The remainder of my schedule includes a course about human development of adolescents/youths and a human resource management class.
Barrage of Finals and Plans for Winter Break
So I’m dealing with 5 finals this week. Thursday night I will be completely done and I will be heading home on Friday. It’s actually not as bad as it sounds. It’s still a pain in the ass but it’s just that I have a few 1 credit courses, so those finals aren’t that tough.
Over Winter Break, I’m going to basically relax, move my venture closer towards a full launch, and I’m also going to work on my other website (The StuffBox). Basically I’m redeveloping that site to build more traffic and start generating ad revenue. I’ll also be doing some reading, I’m ordering a couple of books - lately I’ve been getting into those business educational/motivational/self-help type of books. They’re pretty interesting to read and provide insightful yet practical information.
I decided that I should set a launch date. The website will launch on February 7, 2006!
Now I Understand Where It’s Coming From
Okay, so many of you know I’m a business major here at Cornell, but the major is officially called Applied Economics and Management or AEM. Sometimes AEM majors get stereotyped as a bunch of party-goers who have an easy major. This is also true for the Hotelies here. I can’t speak for the Hotelies but for the most part this stereotype is NOT true. But most stereotypes have some roots in truth right? Well now I finally understand where this is coming from.
Competitive Strategy Game
So I’m taking this class called Management Strategy and we’re playing a simulation game played by business school students. It was created by a professor in UC Berkeley and basically each period your team or “firm” can build capacity and specify price and quantity for 4 different markets. Each team has different cost structures and each market has different characteristics.
My Classes Thus Far (Fall 2005)
Well I’m currently studying for an exam I have on Tuesday and I’m taking a little break. I actually take a lot of breaks because I can never really study for more than 15 minutes without digressing to something else. I just felt like discussing what I think of my classes so far: