Grouped to death

B-school is all about groups, but right now I'm grouped to death.  I have 3 groups projects all vying for my time.  It's almost impossible to find a time that works for everyone where we all can be productive and minimize wasted efforts.

I know, I know, in the real-world you have to coordinate meetings, but nothing like this.  Trying to balance interviews, job searches, 4-5 other class meetings, clubs, and, oh yeah, life, means there are very few timeslots that are free in your day.  Trying to coordinate this effort feels like herding cats.

Sometimes I feel the number of "group assignments" is a little obscene; there was no for at least 2 of my group assignments to be done in a group (but it is easier to grade them...).  As a matter of fact, they were less effective because you spread the efforts across several people, and no one person had all the knowledge.

Off to my second group meeting of the day--- and yes, it's Saturday.  But before i go, i'll share one of my favorite posters from despair.com.

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[Susan]

I couldn't agree more. We have a group of seven right now--very hard to coordinate. I think the real reason is that professors just don't want to grade individual work.