Wharton: The Running of the Bulls

<p>I read The Running of the Bulls and was pretty amazed. Is Wharton really like that or is it all hype?</p>

<p>hype (10 char)</p>

<p>hypalicious</p>

<p>complete bull----</p>

<p>Someone suggested me to read it. I just ordered it..</p>

<p>it gives a subjective overview of wharton and sensationalizes every aspect of the experience. while it may have a tinge of truth, most of it is exaggerated.</p>

<p>you guys are the class of 2011 and have yet to even experience wharton.</p>

<p>it definitely gives you a good idea of what you can expect in classes, competition, internship search, etc.</p>

<p>the book was brought up before, both here and on the admitted student forum. both times, current students agreed that the book is an exaggeration</p>

<p>EDIT: and legendofmax is a current student</p>

<p>aspirant? are you a current student?</p>

<p>from a current student: it's a load of bull. she basically just ran a bunch of bull.</p>

<p>well i'm glad to hear its an exaggeration, because i was afraid that i might be transferring to a school full of complete tools</p>

<p>I haven't read the book, but I'm guessing it's probably an exaggeration. I assure you, there is nothing to be afraid of. While Wharton classes are challenging and the internship/job search is rigorous, competition is certainly not cutthroat. I've found that reciprocity works best here. You're not going to be fantastic at everything you do, so if you help others in what you're good at, you can use your friends to your advantage later.</p>

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I'm assuming you didn't mean that the way it sounds. :)</p>

<p>running of the bulls**t</p>

<p>Thank God. I would like to make some really good friends in Wharton I know there are gonna be alot of projects. But I will tell my teammates bluntly: Look, we r on the same boat. so Lets really try our best on the project. No more sick excuses or Individual Hero.. Hopefully they are some nice people who really think in this way..</p>

<p>cuz i know in Michigan's bschool. group work is the worst</p>

<p>I hate Wharton projects. Too many freeriders.</p>

<p>^^^ I totally can imagine that happen. So everyone gets the same grade on the same project right? Are there alot of projects?(I would think so)</p>

<p>Usually, yep.</p>

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<p>Yeah, lots of freeriders...which is why you have to be very wary when choosing groups (if that's an option).</p>

<p>That's an interesting comment about groupwork, because I didn't expect to see "Wharton" and "freeriders" in the same sentence. You'd think that Wharton should have been able to weed out such people in the first place. Maybe they got in because they showed how street-smart they were by freeriding...</p>

<p>Don't they have peer evaluations at Wharton? Sounds like that would make more sense.</p>

<p>Peer evaluations exist only in classes like MGMT100, where part of the grade is indeed allocated to what your teammates think of your relationship-building skills/work ethic/qualities/etc, however, freeriders tend to win out in a sick way because most of the grade is allocated to other things/major projects. Even if you semi-suck at the peer eval, if your group is good you'll come out ahead. Sad truth. The correlation between grade and work input is surprising. You constantly hear stories of slackers dominating the workhorses in classes like these for a reason.</p>

<p>Most courses in Wharton don't have peer-evaluation processes from what I've seen. Usually it's just an overall grade that gets stuck to every person on the team. Classes like OPIM 101 or Finance 101 might have such projects such as the Excel Cases or Global Analysis projects or Finance homeworks. People work in teams and their work is simply graded where everyone on that team gets the same grade. This can suck when someone is a complete freerider -- you can do nothing and still get a good grade if your partner is too scared to fail and won't risk the notion of having nothing to turn in.</p>

<p>I absolutely hate Wharton group projects because of this. Usually I'll have a few group projects going on at once across my classes, and over and over again, there will be slackers doing nothing. It's stressful and unfair when this happens, but sometimes there is no choice. If you can, choose a group where you know people won't slack, so it's easier on everyone. Of course, you can't always choose your group. It just sucks when your work approaches and priorities are radically different from others.</p>

<p>Of course, classes like OPIM are great because usually part of the tests/midterms is group-work-related with respect to the Cases. So if you were a freerider who didn't do jack on the Case but got a 100%, you'll love bombing an entire section on a midterm worth 35-45% of your grade. Unfortunately, MGMT is a course where you can slack and win. No safeguards, there. Be wary of who you work with if you can and make the best of it.</p>