Day 51: Words of Advice

Anastasia Smolenski 2018

Somehow, it’s Week 8. On Day 1 of MSBA 2018, Lorne, Bailey, and David all warned us this summer was going to go fast, but damn. I’m the type of person to get a little sappy and emotional, so I’m going to try to keep that to a minimum and not spend my last blog post reflecting on how incredible …

Day 50: Perspective

RJ Curtin 2018

During the time leading into the summer, the MSBA class was asked to identify both short term and long term goals we had for ourselves. For many people, it is rather easy to rattle off a few goals or ideal scenarios we have in mind – our elevator pitch of a sort. One characteristic of the goals that the MSBA …

Day 49: Kid in a Candy Store

Peyton Adams 2018

As I am writing this, I am thinking about how earlier today I sat with my fellow MSBA classmates, toasting the journey, the laughs and our last final week together. However, this is not goodbye, it is “see you later”. None of us embarked on this journey thinking that we would all come so far. However, I can whole heartedly …

Day 48: Welcome to the Arena

Andrew Zingone 2018

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again …

Day 47: The Homestretch

Christian Gange 2018

I still remember the day like it was yesterday. It was December 8, 2017 and after a long night of preparing for my Fall semester finals at USC, I was waking up early for a phone call with Bailey and Lorne to “further discuss my MSBA application.” Little did I know, that call would be the beginning of the most …