I'm actually in the middle of working on my take-home final for Marketing right now, but I haven't posted an update in a while, so I figured I should take a moment to do so. Much has happened, but I just haven't had the time to write about it!

Google Visit and Networking
My classmates and I were pretty disappointed when we found out that Google was having their company picnic on the day that we were scheduled to visit the headquarters in Mountain View, which meant that we couldn't come. To make it up, though, a few people from Google came to visit us last Friday. They started the morning off by telling us about Google, and then opened the floor up to our questions. We also had a chance to network with them when they treated us to lunch.

On the same day, we also had a chance to ask a couple of BASE alums about their experiences following BASE. One of them was a molecular cell biology major who's now a successful investment banker at Morgan Stanley. They told us that their BASE classes still keep in touch with each other via e-mail. Occasionally, they get e-mails from fellow classmates saying, "I got married!" or giving updates on career moves. They said that one of the best things about BASE is the network that you build within your class. In today's world, we all know how important networking is! Knowing the right people can get you where you want to go.

Group Projects
The two big projects that we had for OB and Marketing were both group projects, and we worked with the same group of four people on both projects. As always, there were definitely many challenges that came with working in teams. I've worked in many different teams before, but the experiences I had this time were much more interesting, because we were simultaneously learning about working in teams in OB. We learned about everything we were doing wrong as we did them! Although there were many stressful moments, I felt that it was a valuable hands-on learning experience overall. For me, working on these assignments taught me a lot about myself and factors I should consider in choosing a career.

There's more to say, but I have to get back to my final. We're having our business simulation from 9am to 4:30pm tomorrow. It's supposed to be a very fun and interesting experience, so I'll definitely talk about that later...