Congratulagtions SMU..

We made SMU proud today... :) .. SMU is ranked 18th is Business Week's latest Fulltime MBA B-School programs.. Seems our batch did a very good job and gave tonnes of positive feedback on the program.. But I personally believe that Cox is not as great a MBA program as 18th rank vouches it to be... I believe a B-Shcool should best be judged by 1. Faculty 2. Profile and quality of Students 3. Career Services .. and not by average GMAT score, salary forgone to pursue an MBA, % of international students, scholarships, Capital expenditures or by endowments.. Cox, had (note: its not 'has'), some amazig faulty before.. But most of the good Professors left the campus because of the quality of the studenst and the school management.  I did talk with some of my favourite professors about the quallity of my class mates.. Well they were infact disapponted by the 'lazy' 'easy going' attitude of the class.. and when asked why they do not do anything about it, the answer was, the management wants the Profs to be mild with the students, assignments, exams and grades.. Now COX has just three Professors I regard 'Exceptional', from about six before.. 

Cox students who make up the class are not best of the breed.. They lack the drive and initiative to do an MBA,, they do it for the sake of doing it. and this attitude is reflected in the way they are prepared for the classes, assignments and exams. Career Management Center is another drawback of Cox.. they SUCK!!! No doubt Cox has an amazing alumni network,,, and CMC does very litlle to pursue the companies, or to push the students in pursuing the companies.. Finally, the genaral management of the school.. It sucks to a even larger extent.. Its the management's responsibility to make sure a decent crowd is recruited for the program. But, i have not seen any improvment in the students quality now and before.. One of my class mate has lied about his professional experience to get an admit.. and he is an inconspicious asshole.. yet he made it to the class.  He is not a sole example/exception. there were a couple in every batch that came in.. 

Anyways, my point is - had the management had put SOME effort in recruiting students, be more linient to the Professors than to students and improving the career services (by improving I mean firing the whole CMC department), Cox should indeed be worth standing at 18th position of all US MBA schools.. Ofcourse, I am proud to be a Cox graduate, as it is what shaped up most of what I am now... Congratulations SMU.. Congratulations COX.. 

Citi has announced job cuts of 52,000 in near term and bring their headcount to 300,000..Quite a big cut indeed.. and the market didnt percieve it as a good news though the job cuts would reduce expenses of about 50-52 Bn in 2009. 

Nothign concrete has come out of the G20 meeting over the weekend. There were few statements but no guidance os soothing of any sort.  Meanwhile, Japan, Hongkong and France officially declared that they are in a Recession. 

Had a lot to cover, but was troo lazy to write it.. 

Song: "Breakdown" - Jack Johnson 

Mood: Calm.. 

No of Cigs smoked: 1

No of times I had the urge to smoke : Every minute!! :(