Music: Blur- Britney Spears
Mood: brain-numb
Wow. I've never spent so much time on one class. I swear, without Plan II physics, life would be so much easier. I have a test on Thursday, and I'm preparing for that. They say the average will be around a 50%. I'm kind of nervous about it because I'm afraid I'm just going to freak out when I realize that all my studying hasn't prepared me for the exam. I'm studying all my old homeworks, but I'm not sure if that's enough. I understand the basic theory and the theoretical stuff and then the application stuff, but I don't know how I'll do when I have to combine the two on the quiz. I did okay on the homeworks, but I'm not sure how the theory we've learned applies to the homework. I'll be consumed by this class for this entire semester. It's almost as painful as the recruiting process (which I'll rant about in another post).
Besides physics, this weekend was very relaxing. I went home on Thursday afternoon and came back to Austin on Sunday noon. The weekend was by far too short. It was nice being home. I jogged along the lake in my neighborhood on Friday which is always relaxing. There's something about water that's calming, even if you're just running beside it. Other than that, I went to Houston Chinatown with my parents, got a haircut, did a lot of research for my professor, and caught up on sleep. I was very unexcited to return back to Austin because of the work waiting for me this week.
Wish me luck with the recruiting process and on my physics test!
Monday, February 23, 2009
Thursday, February 19, 2009
0 for 11
Music: C'est La Vie- B*witched: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1_muIb3dvU
Mood: EXHAUSTED
I'm officially zero for 11. I probably knew it was coming, but now it's official. I've had 11 interviews and zero conversions into offers. I Fail. I can't imagine what other people are going through. I mean, 11 interviews is a lot, and I'm glad to have gotten interviews, but if I can't get an offer, what are people doing if they can't even get interviews? This whole week, with the fact that I am 0 for 11, I've been dropping my resume like crazy on OCR for any position that's hiring a finance major. I even looked at AccessUT and McCombs Job Board just to see what's out there. There's still a management consulting firm I'm hoping for and if that doesn't pan out, I'm shift my efforts to corporate finance, but even corporate finance is looking pretty dry too, because of the economy.
Here's a typical "rejection b/c of the economy" email:
Wow. It's so late.. ie. 2.40pm. I'm so sleep deprived. Last night, I got 6 hours of sleep. Tonight, I might get more, but I've been working on my Plan II Physics all week long. It's so fustrating and annoying. That class is the bane of my existence this semester.
On the brighter side, I'm leaving tomorrow for home at 4pm. My P2 Physics class lets out at 3:15, I'm going to jet back to my apartment, get in my car, and peace out for the weekend. I really miss home and going back will be good for me. I still have a lot of work to get done, but at least I'll be home. =)
Man, I want ice cream this late.. to reward myself for finishing my P2 Physics homework.. I guess I'll reward myself with sleep. G'night.
Mood: EXHAUSTED
I'm officially zero for 11. I probably knew it was coming, but now it's official. I've had 11 interviews and zero conversions into offers. I Fail. I can't imagine what other people are going through. I mean, 11 interviews is a lot, and I'm glad to have gotten interviews, but if I can't get an offer, what are people doing if they can't even get interviews? This whole week, with the fact that I am 0 for 11, I've been dropping my resume like crazy on OCR for any position that's hiring a finance major. I even looked at AccessUT and McCombs Job Board just to see what's out there. There's still a management consulting firm I'm hoping for and if that doesn't pan out, I'm shift my efforts to corporate finance, but even corporate finance is looking pretty dry too, because of the economy.
Here's a typical "rejection b/c of the economy" email:
Thank you for your interest in our summer program. We enjoyed speaking with you and are impressed with the enthusiasm you expressed for the position in our conversation. Unfortunately due to economic conditions, we are decreasing the size of our program significantly this year, and as a result we will not be able to invite you to our XXXX office for further interviews.haha. Sad email to receive.. esp when you get 11 of those (either via email or phone call.). But let me preface that some companies have just said I don't meet what they're looking for, but at the same time, it's obivious that companies are cutting back. I love mylifeinacube.com!!
Wow. It's so late.. ie. 2.40pm. I'm so sleep deprived. Last night, I got 6 hours of sleep. Tonight, I might get more, but I've been working on my Plan II Physics all week long. It's so fustrating and annoying. That class is the bane of my existence this semester.
On the brighter side, I'm leaving tomorrow for home at 4pm. My P2 Physics class lets out at 3:15, I'm going to jet back to my apartment, get in my car, and peace out for the weekend. I really miss home and going back will be good for me. I still have a lot of work to get done, but at least I'll be home. =)
Man, I want ice cream this late.. to reward myself for finishing my P2 Physics homework.. I guess I'll reward myself with sleep. G'night.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Zero for 9
Music: Si yo Fuera un Chico- Beyonce
Mood: Frustrated
It's the spanish version of If I Were A Boy! I didn't know Beyonce could sing in spanish, but I really like it! =)
In other news, I've had 11 interviews with various companies. Yesterday, I heard from the final strategic consulting I interviewed with and found out that was a no. So far, I've had zero (0, nil, zip, none) job offers or 2nd round interviews (hence the title, 0 for 9). I have yet to hear from 2 more companies, but I'm not too optimistic. I'm not sure if I can blame the economy or myself for this. EDIT: haha. ok.. I'm now officially 0 for 10... waiting to hear back from one more company now.
Last fall, as a sophomore, I had 4 or 5 job offers to weigh against. Now I'm desperate for one. It's interesting how things can change. I'm trying not to think about what would happen if I didn't get a summer internship. That's not even an option for me at this point.
I'm planning on going home this weekend (unless any second round interviews materialize for this friday). I'm excited about going home b/c I need to get some ski clothing I left at home (in preparation for Spring Break!) and I need to get a wok from home so I can cook fried rice. I'm also wanting to see my parents again, get a haircut, and to eat tons of chinese food this weekend.
Ok , I need to do some physics homework before I go to spinning class and then physics class. Right now, I'm so frustrated, but c'est la vie... what can I do but remain positive and cheerful. Have a great week!
Mood: Frustrated
It's the spanish version of If I Were A Boy! I didn't know Beyonce could sing in spanish, but I really like it! =)
In other news, I've had 11 interviews with various companies. Yesterday, I heard from the final strategic consulting I interviewed with and found out that was a no. So far, I've had zero (0, nil, zip, none) job offers or 2nd round interviews (hence the title, 0 for 9). I have yet to hear from 2 more companies, but I'm not too optimistic. I'm not sure if I can blame the economy or myself for this. EDIT: haha. ok.. I'm now officially 0 for 10... waiting to hear back from one more company now.
Last fall, as a sophomore, I had 4 or 5 job offers to weigh against. Now I'm desperate for one. It's interesting how things can change. I'm trying not to think about what would happen if I didn't get a summer internship. That's not even an option for me at this point.
I'm planning on going home this weekend (unless any second round interviews materialize for this friday). I'm excited about going home b/c I need to get some ski clothing I left at home (in preparation for Spring Break!) and I need to get a wok from home so I can cook fried rice. I'm also wanting to see my parents again, get a haircut, and to eat tons of chinese food this weekend.
Ok , I need to do some physics homework before I go to spinning class and then physics class. Right now, I'm so frustrated, but c'est la vie... what can I do but remain positive and cheerful. Have a great week!
Friday, February 13, 2009
Friday, at last!
Music: Love Bug- Jonas Brothers (haha. yikes that song is stuck in my head. idk why!)
Mood: celebrating Friday
After 4 long days, it's finally FRIDAY! And since I have no Friday class, it's the first time I was able to sleep in all week. Believe it or not, I still have more work to do today, even though it's my off day.
I really need to be productive. I'm so behind on my research that I'm doing with a professor. I'm looking up SEC filings for companies that have launched IPOs, and I'm extracting data about their R&D, SGA, and Revenues. It's quite tedious work, but once i turn on some jams (how do you spell that?), I think I'll be good to rock and get a lot of companies done. I have about 1000 companies to go through and it takes me about 5 companies an hour or so, by that logic, I'll never have enough time. Haha. I need to increase it to 10 companies per hour, at least. Yikes.
On the recruiting side of things, I had an interview on Monday with a smaller strategic consutling firm. I didn't get a second round for that. On Tuesday, I had a phone interview with a bank in energy trading in Houston. I wasn't expecting that to go well, but it actually did. Hopefully that turns into a second round office visit. Then on Wednesday, I stopped by the career fair, but to no avail, all the companies I was semi-interested in had already given out their internships in the fall or were only looking for full-time. On Thursday, I had an interview with a consulting firm I really want to work with and then another interview with an investment bank in their risk department. I'm really hoping for 2nd rounds with the consulting firm. Thursday night, I attended the McCombs Diversity Council dinner. I wasn't too particularly interested in the company I sat with, but I had a great meal! =)
Well, off to be productive today! Have a great Friday, the 13th and a great weekend.
I really like this blog.. www.mylifeinacube.com
It's really cute, and the cartoonist, Shane, really hits office culture on the dot with his cartoons.
Mood: celebrating Friday
After 4 long days, it's finally FRIDAY! And since I have no Friday class, it's the first time I was able to sleep in all week. Believe it or not, I still have more work to do today, even though it's my off day.
I really need to be productive. I'm so behind on my research that I'm doing with a professor. I'm looking up SEC filings for companies that have launched IPOs, and I'm extracting data about their R&D, SGA, and Revenues. It's quite tedious work, but once i turn on some jams (how do you spell that?), I think I'll be good to rock and get a lot of companies done. I have about 1000 companies to go through and it takes me about 5 companies an hour or so, by that logic, I'll never have enough time. Haha. I need to increase it to 10 companies per hour, at least. Yikes.
On the recruiting side of things, I had an interview on Monday with a smaller strategic consutling firm. I didn't get a second round for that. On Tuesday, I had a phone interview with a bank in energy trading in Houston. I wasn't expecting that to go well, but it actually did. Hopefully that turns into a second round office visit. Then on Wednesday, I stopped by the career fair, but to no avail, all the companies I was semi-interested in had already given out their internships in the fall or were only looking for full-time. On Thursday, I had an interview with a consulting firm I really want to work with and then another interview with an investment bank in their risk department. I'm really hoping for 2nd rounds with the consulting firm. Thursday night, I attended the McCombs Diversity Council dinner. I wasn't too particularly interested in the company I sat with, but I had a great meal! =)
Well, off to be productive today! Have a great Friday, the 13th and a great weekend.
I really like this blog.. www.mylifeinacube.com
It's really cute, and the cartoonist, Shane, really hits office culture on the dot with his cartoons.
Monday, February 9, 2009
Monday Musings
Music: Hello Seattle- Owl City
Mood: Relaxing a Bit
First- I want to give a shout out to my AMAZING roommate, Margaret! =)))) YOU ROCK!
I had an interview at 8:30 with a consulting firm, and it was raining today so Margaret drove me the 5-6 blocks down to the business school so I didn't have to get wet! Thank you so much! I really appreciate it. It's little things that make your day!
So, the interview went pretty well (I thought). The interviewer was a Plan II/Psychology major, so we hit it off pretty well. We talked so much that we were pressed for time for the case, so I only had time to solve about half of it. Plus, I felt he interrupted me... I was doing a percentage of revenues (after deriving volume and cost)... he made me start all over from to do a percentage of the volume before multiplying by costs (which ended up with the same number at the end..) but i guess he wanted me to derive the increase in volume first before finding out the increase in revenues.. Oh well. Hopefully I get a second round for that.
I had my finance test today as well, which I thought was okay. Not too bad, so hopefully I did well on that.
Then I had marketing, took a break for lunch, took a jog out at clark field (it was such a pretty day after the rain cleared!). Then I went to my TC for plan II about investments and warren buffett. I was originally interested in the class because I thought it'd go into the social aspects of business and investing.. however, it turned out to be a review of investments and financing and then reading buffett's autobiography.. it's not the most interesting 3 hour class for a monday afternoon.
Anyways, after that, I had a call with the conuslting firm to run through a practice ccase with him and give feedback to prepare me for my interview on Thursday.
Ok, that's it for today. Overall, good day, but now I still have a bit of hwk to get done. Oh, but i forgot,,.. how i met your mother is at 7:30 on monday's but Obama had a 1 hr press conference from 7-8 about the economy so HIMYM was skipped.. UGH. I am mad at Obama for that. =(
I guess Shane is having issues with the job search, just like me; except I'm searching for "consultant."
Mood: Relaxing a Bit
First- I want to give a shout out to my AMAZING roommate, Margaret! =)))) YOU ROCK!
I had an interview at 8:30 with a consulting firm, and it was raining today so Margaret drove me the 5-6 blocks down to the business school so I didn't have to get wet! Thank you so much! I really appreciate it. It's little things that make your day!
So, the interview went pretty well (I thought). The interviewer was a Plan II/Psychology major, so we hit it off pretty well. We talked so much that we were pressed for time for the case, so I only had time to solve about half of it. Plus, I felt he interrupted me... I was doing a percentage of revenues (after deriving volume and cost)... he made me start all over from to do a percentage of the volume before multiplying by costs (which ended up with the same number at the end..) but i guess he wanted me to derive the increase in volume first before finding out the increase in revenues.. Oh well. Hopefully I get a second round for that.
I had my finance test today as well, which I thought was okay. Not too bad, so hopefully I did well on that.
Then I had marketing, took a break for lunch, took a jog out at clark field (it was such a pretty day after the rain cleared!). Then I went to my TC for plan II about investments and warren buffett. I was originally interested in the class because I thought it'd go into the social aspects of business and investing.. however, it turned out to be a review of investments and financing and then reading buffett's autobiography.. it's not the most interesting 3 hour class for a monday afternoon.
Anyways, after that, I had a call with the conuslting firm to run through a practice ccase with him and give feedback to prepare me for my interview on Thursday.
Ok, that's it for today. Overall, good day, but now I still have a bit of hwk to get done. Oh, but i forgot,,.. how i met your mother is at 7:30 on monday's but Obama had a 1 hr press conference from 7-8 about the economy so HIMYM was skipped.. UGH. I am mad at Obama for that. =(
I guess Shane is having issues with the job search, just like me; except I'm searching for "consultant."Sunday, February 8, 2009
Start of a Long Week
Music: Spaceman- The Killers
Mood: Subdued
This weekend, I was supposed to read like 300+ pages for my Plan II TC about Warren Buffett. I only was able to read like 1/4 of that because I was already behind from last week's reading. Hopefully I get the short mini-quiz correct. YIKES. I also spent today studying for my FIN 367 exam on tomorrow. I'm not too worried about that. I did the practice tests and read the chapters so I should be okay.
Let's see, what else. I have three interviews this week. 2 of which are with consulting firms. I didn't have a chance to run through an interview with a friend in person, but I did some reading and brushed up on my case skills. Hopefully I'm able to rock it. I'm just getting desperate for a job for the summer. I don't know where I'll end up. Realistically, I just need to bring my A game and get 'er done. It's just been very depressing getting rejection after rejection. I've got one interview tomorrow at 8:30, then 2 interviews on Thursday. I'm going to swing by the Career Fair on Wednesday and then go to the diversity dialogue dinner on Thursday. Hopefully in two or three weeks, I'll be happy and have a job. I'm just really over school right now. I don't know if people can tell by the way I act or whatever. If I've brushed you off or ignored you or acted moody, I'm sorry. I really miss studying abroad and don't think I'll ever get over it. To me, everything I'm doing here now is POINTLESS. School doesn't really do anything-- and as I sit here preparing for classes, etc., I think to myself, why am I doing this? There's so much more I could be doing rather than just spending my time studying.
I don't know. I need to get my mind in a different mentality if this semester is going to go well, or else I'll just give up. It's really frustrating. I bet if/once I get a job offer, it'll be better. But for now, being jobless and studying so much is not fun. But at the same time, I want a rewarding job or something I enjoy doing. I definitely don't want to be as bored as I was this past summer. I need something that's engaging, challenging, and where I can interact with others. I want a job where I'm not going to just sit in front of a computer all day.... I want to do consulting. Haha! The question is, does consulting want me? -___-
OK. I apologize for turning this blog into a rant or a place to complain. Don't you miss the happy thoughts of when I was studying abroad? Haha. Well, happy things to come! ::Fingers Crossed::
I guess I failed to mention the good things this week. Let's think of the positive from this week:
[1] I got to watch 3 episodes of this season of The Office. Jim and Pam are too cute
[2] I made brownies at my friends apartment, and they were delicious.
[3] I got to go out with friends on Friday night and had a GREAT time.
[4] I got to do Kinsolving Dinner with Becca, Sam, and Shyam on Tuesday.
[5] I did well on my FIN 367 quiz from Monday
[6] I think there are only 5.... sorry.
Me and my friends all wearing hats from Peru!
Mood: Subdued
The star maker says, "It ain't so bad"This weekend went by so quickly! UGH! Even though I have Friday's off, I feel like I don't really start doing any work until Saturday and then on Sunday, I can't stay up late because I have 8am class.
The dream maker's gonna make you mad
The spaceman says, "Everybody look down!
It's all in your mind!"
Spaceman- The Killers
This weekend, I was supposed to read like 300+ pages for my Plan II TC about Warren Buffett. I only was able to read like 1/4 of that because I was already behind from last week's reading. Hopefully I get the short mini-quiz correct. YIKES. I also spent today studying for my FIN 367 exam on tomorrow. I'm not too worried about that. I did the practice tests and read the chapters so I should be okay.
Let's see, what else. I have three interviews this week. 2 of which are with consulting firms. I didn't have a chance to run through an interview with a friend in person, but I did some reading and brushed up on my case skills. Hopefully I'm able to rock it. I'm just getting desperate for a job for the summer. I don't know where I'll end up. Realistically, I just need to bring my A game and get 'er done. It's just been very depressing getting rejection after rejection. I've got one interview tomorrow at 8:30, then 2 interviews on Thursday. I'm going to swing by the Career Fair on Wednesday and then go to the diversity dialogue dinner on Thursday. Hopefully in two or three weeks, I'll be happy and have a job. I'm just really over school right now. I don't know if people can tell by the way I act or whatever. If I've brushed you off or ignored you or acted moody, I'm sorry. I really miss studying abroad and don't think I'll ever get over it. To me, everything I'm doing here now is POINTLESS. School doesn't really do anything-- and as I sit here preparing for classes, etc., I think to myself, why am I doing this? There's so much more I could be doing rather than just spending my time studying.
I don't know. I need to get my mind in a different mentality if this semester is going to go well, or else I'll just give up. It's really frustrating. I bet if/once I get a job offer, it'll be better. But for now, being jobless and studying so much is not fun. But at the same time, I want a rewarding job or something I enjoy doing. I definitely don't want to be as bored as I was this past summer. I need something that's engaging, challenging, and where I can interact with others. I want a job where I'm not going to just sit in front of a computer all day.... I want to do consulting. Haha! The question is, does consulting want me? -___-
OK. I apologize for turning this blog into a rant or a place to complain. Don't you miss the happy thoughts of when I was studying abroad? Haha. Well, happy things to come! ::Fingers Crossed::
I guess I failed to mention the good things this week. Let's think of the positive from this week:
[1] I got to watch 3 episodes of this season of The Office. Jim and Pam are too cute
[2] I made brownies at my friends apartment, and they were delicious.
[3] I got to go out with friends on Friday night and had a GREAT time.
[4] I got to do Kinsolving Dinner with Becca, Sam, and Shyam on Tuesday.
[5] I did well on my FIN 367 quiz from Monday
[6] I think there are only 5.... sorry.
Me and my friends all wearing hats from Peru!Thursday, February 5, 2009
Never Ends.
Music: So What- Pink
Mood: Fit
This week has been going by so slowly, but I swear, there are not enough hours in the day for the amount of work I have to do. It's not that the work is hard, there's just so much to do. I've considered skipping the gym so many times to do more work, but then I drag myself to work out and end up feeling better, so I'm definitely feeling more fit than when I was abroad.
In terms of the career search, it's pretty futile right now. I feel many of the major companies that I would have normally gotten a 2nd round or an offer have cut back because of the economy. In any case, I still have to keep on trucking. I have an interview with a small consulting firm on Monday and then I'm interviewing with another major strategic consulting firm this Wednesday/Thursday. I have a multiple choice test with the company on Wednesday and then a 2 hour interview on Thursday. Tomorrow, the company is having an interview prep course. I'm kind of upset about this because the CEO of Southwest Airlines is coming to speak tomorrow at the same time, so I'm going to have to miss it to go to interview prep, which is really frustrating because Herb Kelleher is supposed to be an amazing speaker. Also on the career front, I'm going to the Diversity Dialogue Dinner next Thursday to get a free meal but to actually look for a job too. The career fair is on Wednesday and I guess I have to swing by as well just to check out the employers.
On the work end of things, I have so much to read and not enough time. The material is very interesting, I'm reading a biography of Warren Buffett for my Plan II TC course. I'm on pg. 60 and I have to get to pg. 340 by Monday. I'm also reading Innumeracy for my Plan II Physics class, which is an easy read but I just don't have enough time. I have a FIN 367 test on Monday which I need to read and prepare for. In addition to that, I need to practice my case interviews this weekend. I guess it'll be doable, I just can't play at all this weekend.
OK. It's 2:30am, I ought to go to bed. But let me tell you first, last night, I had a really CREEPY dream. I had a dream that I got in a car accident and my car flipped over. It was a single car accident, and I was upside down. I don't really remember the details; I just remember yelling and screaming and freaking out. It seemed so real that when I woke up, I had to look at my keys and then go check the parking lot to see that my car was still intact. It was really eerie and creepy. I have no idea what it means, but now I'm kind of scared of driving.
Mood: Fit
This week has been going by so slowly, but I swear, there are not enough hours in the day for the amount of work I have to do. It's not that the work is hard, there's just so much to do. I've considered skipping the gym so many times to do more work, but then I drag myself to work out and end up feeling better, so I'm definitely feeling more fit than when I was abroad.
In terms of the career search, it's pretty futile right now. I feel many of the major companies that I would have normally gotten a 2nd round or an offer have cut back because of the economy. In any case, I still have to keep on trucking. I have an interview with a small consulting firm on Monday and then I'm interviewing with another major strategic consulting firm this Wednesday/Thursday. I have a multiple choice test with the company on Wednesday and then a 2 hour interview on Thursday. Tomorrow, the company is having an interview prep course. I'm kind of upset about this because the CEO of Southwest Airlines is coming to speak tomorrow at the same time, so I'm going to have to miss it to go to interview prep, which is really frustrating because Herb Kelleher is supposed to be an amazing speaker. Also on the career front, I'm going to the Diversity Dialogue Dinner next Thursday to get a free meal but to actually look for a job too. The career fair is on Wednesday and I guess I have to swing by as well just to check out the employers.
On the work end of things, I have so much to read and not enough time. The material is very interesting, I'm reading a biography of Warren Buffett for my Plan II TC course. I'm on pg. 60 and I have to get to pg. 340 by Monday. I'm also reading Innumeracy for my Plan II Physics class, which is an easy read but I just don't have enough time. I have a FIN 367 test on Monday which I need to read and prepare for. In addition to that, I need to practice my case interviews this weekend. I guess it'll be doable, I just can't play at all this weekend.
OK. It's 2:30am, I ought to go to bed. But let me tell you first, last night, I had a really CREEPY dream. I had a dream that I got in a car accident and my car flipped over. It was a single car accident, and I was upside down. I don't really remember the details; I just remember yelling and screaming and freaking out. It seemed so real that when I woke up, I had to look at my keys and then go check the parking lot to see that my car was still intact. It was really eerie and creepy. I have no idea what it means, but now I'm kind of scared of driving.
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