Though I have already accepted my offer, I attended Sell Weekend the past couple of days. Sell Weekend is much like Admit Weekend at school. After you are given an offer for a company, they invite you to their office to check things out, meet some people, and helpfully offer to answer any questions 40,000 times.
It was a nice time just a bit more time intensive than I expected. We started with lunch in the office on Friday and then had panel discussions with current associates and BA’s about what they do and any questions they could answer. Then we had one on one’s with different people in the office. It was funny when I was scheduled with the same guy I interviewed with and I’ve talked to almost weekly for the past month. He laughed and since he knew I was out of questions for him, offered to give me a tour of the firm’s gym.
We also had a talk with the head of the Midwest offices of the firm. We followed this with “Happy Hour” and ice skating at Millennium Park. It was a great opportunity to get to know other offerees from the GSB who I hadn’t really talked with before, as well as people from Kellogg, Wharton, Harvard, and Stanford. After ice skating, we had dinner at a local pizza place and then I escaped home. They were going out for drinks, but after 10 plus hours, I needed some down time.
The next morning we met for brunch on the north side and then we had the day free to visit museums or look for apartments. I used the time to do my taxes. Then we met up again to eat dinner at a nice restaurant downtown. After the required cocktail hour, (what is the point?) we had a relaxing dinner, talking with partners and associates we hadn’t met before. It was great.
We had our first AAMBAA event as the new Co-Chairs with a dinner at the Weber Grill downtown. I was unable to attend, but we had the biggest turnout we’ve ever had, and people seemed really excited to get together. We are having a potluck with HABSA (Hispanic American Business Students Associate) right before finals. We’re trying to foster more unity and I think it will only get better, as we have a group of people very motivated and passionate about the organization.
After this stimulating weekend, in which I got zero homework done, I spent Sunday at a friend’s house relaxing and talking. I needed the break and the perspective.