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Just a reminder

Just a reminder
That (1) there are few women in business school and (2) those women be shopping.* The graphic above, sans my fuschia edits, is the official logo for my MBA class’ annual class gift drive. Really. In a respectable and costly marketing push to get 100% participation in donations this year and beyond, someone selected a... Read more »
By pintotowncar,
May 8, 2012 at 9:27 am
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The Munger Games

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As far as B-school Follies go, this video from Columbia Business School is tops. Noticeably absent: a Booth spoof! I am hugely insulted.
By pintotowncar,
May 1, 2012 at 9:04 am
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Breaking: MBA Students Must Pass Classes To Graduate

Breaking: MBA Students Must Pass Classes To Graduate
Something tells me that the Booth is the only program at the University of Chicago to receive the following reminder about the “school” part of grad school. Dear Spring Graduates: Congratulations, you have officially entered your final quarter at Chicago Booth! As you progress through this quarter, you will encounter many scheduling conflicts with your... Read more »
By pintotowncar,
April 10, 2012 at 1:34 pm
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At Goldman, short-term greed vs. long-term greed

Ezra Klein says what Greg Smith wishes he had said. That Smith chose 2012 to write his cri do coeur, as opposed to 2006, suggests personal or professional reasons might have motivated his change of heart. And, at any rate, in a firm with 12,000 vice presidents, one vice president’s frustrations should not be taken... Read more »
By pintotowncar,
March 15, 2012 at 5:32 pm
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High Hopes and Lessons from a High Horse

High Hopes and Lessons from a High Horse
The Goldman Sachs resignation letter is blowing up my side of the Internet. Greg Smith seems like he means well enough, but yikes. Poor execution. And I’m not even talking about the content. I’m talking about his bronze-winning ping pong serve. My proudest moments in life — getting a full scholarship to go from South... Read more »
By pintotowncar,
March 14, 2012 at 12:56 pm
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poets & quants

It’s finals time! So this post is a group effort from my classmates, who have captured an uncannily sharp snapshot of b-school life in haiku. It could be just the hypertrophied quant side of Booth students, but it appears to be a curiously universal affliction: once we identify a haiku in print, it’s like we... Read more »
By pintotowncar,
March 11, 2012 at 4:10 pm
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On “the lexicon of hedge funds”

from The Economist, February 18, 2012 (print edition) Dear investor, In line with the rest of our industry we are making some changes to the language we use in our marketing and communications. We are writing this letter so we can explain these changes properly. Most importantly, Zilch Capital used to refer to itself as... Read more »
By pintotowncar,
February 29, 2012 at 2:19 pm
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amazingly comprehensive coffee shop list

a few comments to add for the wicker entries: filter: shocked that there is no comment in there. best for: i) hot food and BREAKFAST ALL DAY. yes. and ii) so many outlets for laptop plug-in. worst for distracting loud music that is really hit or miss. some days it’s linkin park, some days it’s... Read more »
By pintotowncar,
February 28, 2012 at 5:36 pm
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This answers everything.

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By pintotowncar,
February 27, 2012 at 8:11 am
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Survey results and a concise summary of a reddit thread, “Ladies, how do you feel when you catch one of us checking out your cleavage?”: The data is difficult to assess, but these are my tentative conclusions: Women do not mind ogling so much as long as men make a clear effort to not stare... Read more »
By pintotowncar,
February 26, 2012 at 6:50 pm
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