What are some lessons you learned over your first year of business school?

From Sharran:

Some lessons looking back over the last 4 Mods...

1. Without a dependable study group, I would have probably quit in October
2. The only way I got through Mods 1 and 2 was staying two weeks ahead of the class in terms of reading and assignments (wherever possible)
3. I am so thankful that my class schedule allowed for flexibility during Mod 3 because I spent the entire 7 weeks on career management. If you know which Mod is going to be loaded with internship search, weight your classes accordingly
4. Decide what you want your transcript to look like... if you know that you are going into a field that is not going to scrutinize your GPA, don't sweat it... work for the B. My point - if you know you want a vowel-based transcript, say "yes" to school work and "no" to the extra-curricular stuff... because its hard to juggle them all AND do them well... and worst of all it will kill you. I speak from experience.
5. Force yourself to get six hours of sleep... the super-human spirit at school carries over into our personal lives and sleep deprivation is not cool. If you get at least six hours of sleep a night, you will do amazingly well at bskool.
6. Do not ever eat Pizza... in fact, give up pizza for the two years you are here.
7. Take 1 day off a week. Block off your schedule. Don't care about what people say. It is your day. Do whatever you want. Study. Sleep. Whatever. But don't schedule anything for that day. Let your body, mind, and spirit get rejuvenated.
8. Take full responsibility for your internship search. Put the CMC, your peers, and your contacts in a position to help you. Work on your career from Day 1... think of it as a project that does not end until you get that internship offer. This means that if you don't know what to do when you grow up, please don't try to figure it out on your own... please, please, please get help.
9. Go out with the Owen gang. You don't have to drink... just go out. Amazing friendships are built at the local watering holes... and 10 years down the road the beer you bought me might come back to you 10,000-fold :)
10. Optional reading is exactly that... optional. Don't be an overachiever and try to read everything... you cannot. I thought I could - but I could not. Dude, there is no way you can do the optional readings in addition to everything else that you have going on. (Maybe if you are super interested in the subject matter, once in a while it might be worth it)

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