Surviving My First MBA Exam and My First Hurricane

It has been a while since I posted on here due to an ever increasing workload in my classes. I must admit that the MBA program is much more difficult than I expected. So I guess this is a great time to talk about my classes.

• Marketing Seminar: This class is solely discussion based. We discuss a lot about NAFTA (being that we are in the Trilateral MBA program). We also cover current events in all three countries, but mainly the United States. Companies spanning North America and their organization culture are also covered in detail through case studies.


• Organizational Management: Very different from the Organizational Management course I had in my undergrad that focused more on principles. The Canadian version consists mainly of linear progressions and is very mathematically based. (Much worse than Statistics.)


• Organizational Behavior: This is an application-based course taught in very much in detail. We cover everything from significant management philosophers, organizational culture, attitudes and personalities, and different types of organizations. This class is only until October 20, so its a very intense course with double the work. We'll put the blame on this course for taking me away from my blog work.


• My fourth class is another marketing course that will start on October 21. This course will also be a very intense course since it will only last 1.5 months. I don't know too much about this course yet; in fact, we haven't even been able to officially schedule this course because of some class conflicts that the university has yet to fix.

Last night, I had my first MBA exam in my Organizational Behavior course. It was considered the midterm (since the course is only a month long) and it was completely application-based (read between the lines: multiple essays). After long hours of studying, it was a great relief when I finished! This is by far the most difficult course!

On a bit windier note, I survived my first hurricane this weekend. Who would've thought there'd be a hurricane in the Maritimes of Canada? Hurricane Kyle decided to grace us with his presence, bringing us lots of wind and lots of rain. It wasn't as bad as they expected though. But this just goes down in the book of experiences in Canada.