Riz’s Rotman Blog

It’s obviously been a while since my first post but nothing Rotman related has really happened. I’ve gotten a few more letters hyping up the school but that’s about it.

I’ve been spending a little time looking over some of the Rotman sanctioned student blogs and they are making me a little nervous. The theme of all of the posts is consistent: Everyone is trying to find a job and has no time for school, let alone a personal life.

Of course I’ve been through something similar, my first few years of Engineering were pretty taxing. Usually the only thing that kept me sane was heading off to the bar at 11:00PM for a drink before bed–this might explain why many Engineers are huge alcoholics. Even though it was difficult I did enjoy my time at Queen’s. I’ve been quite happy working for the last while mainly because of the oodles of free time I have.

I guess I’ll just have to get back into the swing of things. I’m sure that my post-MBA career will probably be very time consuming so maybe I had better just get use to it.

In the mean time I’m going to enjoy the all the luxuries my time affords: reading for leisure, playing video games, watching lots of T.V., taking swing dancing lessons, going out a lot, and spending hours exploring new music.

Hi world!

Congratulations! It gives me great pleasure to advise that you have been admitted to the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto for September 2006. The Admissions Committee was very impressed with your academic and professional background and believes that you will be a great addition to an already impressive class!

You are joining a very select group of talented, high achievers from Canada and around the world. Rotman MBA students, like you, are among their generation’s most promising knowledge assets. They combine intellectual and professional accomplishments with leadership, contribution to their communities and a diversity of cultural experiences.

The school has been flooding me with lots of e-mails from students, all professing their love for Rotman. I’ve wanted to go to Rotman for a while so they aren’t really useful but some are still a fun read.

I went to the bank a few days ago and withdrew my tuition deposit. Now $2500 poorer I’m going to have to stop living the high-life: A young, single male in Kingston with a professional degree and a well paying job. Sufficed to say, I’ve been feeding my passions: Computers, video games, Sci-fi, music, gourmet foods, RW&CO. sweaters, and lots of partying. Unfortunately, the recent payment is a sober reminder that the fun will soon be over: I have to curb my spending and once school starts I expect to have very little time to spend playing SOCOM.

My plan is to have this site add a little to the world wide waste and give some insight into the Rotman experience. I found that as I researched different schools there was very little in the way of personal accounts that weren’t sponsored by the schools. I’ve always found unsolicited personal accounts very useful–I also tend to trust them a little more. I’m hoping that others feel the same way. Hopefully others will give this blog some “street cred” since it isn’t approved by Rotman and I’m just some guy, sitting on his couch, watching Battlestar Gallactica, and typing whatever comes to mind.

Till later.