Marquis' Weblog

The job thing is finally finished

It looks like my summer job process is finally finished. I thought a lot about my options for the past week and made the choice to spend the summer working at Accenture in NYC. I sent off all my paper work to Accenture and informed Mcmaster-Carr of my decision. After thinking through both options, I saw the consulting option as the best one for the type of work that I want to do after school. Plus, being in NYC puts me closer to my family in VA, which is really big because I want to be close to my sister who is expecting her first child with her husband. I'm now trying to find apartments to sublet and that's turning into another battle altogether. I'm hoping to share a 2BR place in Manhattan with one of my classmates who'll be at Lehman, but I haven't found any places that are in good locations, so we may end up having to get separate 1BR apartments. I'm mainly just trying to find somewhere nice to live that won't cost me an arm and a leg so I'll be able to save up money during the summer.

Now that the job search is over, I should have more time to focus on other things, which is relieving because business school has been an exercise in time management so far. I wish I could add another 4-6 hours to each day. Coming in to this school year, I thought that I'd be able to handle classes, GSB activities, keeping in touch with people, and helping out with initiatives that I was previously involved in, but I've quickly learned that that wouldn't be possible. I knew that the first quarter would be tough because I was getting acclimated to being in B-school, but I had no idea that the job search and a heavier than normal courseload would take up so much of my time in the Winter quarter. Now that it's Spring quarter and I'm taking an even heavier courseload in order to fit in some Education school classes, it's getting even harder to find free time to stay above water. I can't wait until this summer so I can have time to take a bit of a break...I now I'll be working hard in my internship, but, at least I'll be able to go home to get away from the work. When one is in the middle of the school year, the work is always around, whether day or night and at school or home.