Ross Ambassador Blog

Time to Say Goodbye

Making the decision to come to Ross was one of the best I've ever made.  My goals coming into business school were to try to push myself outside of my boundaries, meet new people, have new experiences, and basically figure out what I wanted to do with my life.  From the start, Ross provided a great platform on which to achieve these goals.  During the past 20 months, I've had the opportunity to meet so many great people both in and out of the classroom, be put in uncomfortable situations, interview with great companies, and take challenging classes across the entire business spectrum.  While I'm not quite sure where I'm ending up after school, I know I have a great basic tool set to succeed wherever I decide to go.

My Ross experience has been a journey of the heart, mind, and soul.  I've laughed, I've cried, but I've also never felt more accepted or felt like I've belonged more in a place than the two years I've spent in Ann Arbor.  I've learned what it's like to be scared and insecure.  And I've certainly made mistakes.  But I come out of Ross more confident in myself and what I can achieve going forward.  I think that I've experienced every kind of emotion during my time here- from excitement, fun, and joy to nervousness, fear, and regret.  But nothing can describe the pride that I felt for myself and my classmates during our commencement ceremonies on April 27th.  And the excitement for where we're headed and what the future holds for all of us!  So that marks the end of my final blog post.  Best wishes to all in the future! 

For today, goodbye. For tomorrow, good luck. And forever, GO BLUE!!!

P.S.: My blog wouldn't be complete without some photos from the 2nd half of the year:

  Wine Club Event (photo credit: Giorgi Suladze)

Waited 9 hrs to see Obama in January!

Spring break with 8 Rossers in Roatan, Honduras (photo credit: Ben Mullican)

Spring Formal at The Big House

After the Graduation Ceremony with Carol & Sasha

With my parents on Graduation Day!

 

And that's all folks!

Wow!  I cannot believe how quickly the time flew by!  The year wrapped up quickly.   I cannot believe it.

To give you an idea of some of the end of the year activities, I will give a brief summary.

- We had a wrap-up party and knowledge transfer with the new Peer Counselors for the Office of Career Development.  The knowledge transfer session was very useful for the incoming counselors.  We met according to function and were able to share ideas.  They were able to ask us any questions about the job as well as hints and tricks.  The party was lots of fun to see the current staff of OCD.  The staff gave out awards to the current counselors for different contributions throughout the year!  It was lots of fun to see what other students thought of the other peer counselors.  Here is a link to some pictures from the event.

- The end of bschool would not be completely without a ten hour bar crawl around Ann Arbor!  It was tons of fun!  As all good bar crawls do, this one ended at Rick's American Cafe!  I was on it, then worked out and was able to hop back on! 

- Each section had a day dedicated to events specifically for the section.  Our section rented out this small hall near Main St. within Ann Arbor.  Earlier in the day, the section also headed to the zoo!  We had dinner and then they handed out the superlatives award.  I was the luck winner of "Most Likely to Donate a Wing to Ross in 2032!"  I am not sure if that means that people think I have a lot of school pride or if they think I will make a lot of money, but either way, I think I will take it!  After the awards, we headed out on a "Scavenger Bar Crawl." My section is very motivated by "winning" and so we needed a purpose on our bar crawling.  My team did a great job checking items off the list.  The crawl ended up back at the hall for an intimate party with 80 of my closest friends.  Here are a few last pictures of section 6!

Ira and Jake

Section 6 getting its party on...!

Mike, Patrick and Andy

- One of the other great events was a parent reception at the University of Michigan Museum of Art.  It was a great chance for my parents to meet some of the other MBA parents.  My dad found the reception to be particularly invigorating.  He loved all of the energy and excitement you could feel in the attendants.  It was also fun for me to put together which students belonged to which parents!  Here is a picture of me with mom outside of the art museum.

After school, I will be around the Detroit area and have football tickets for next year!  I start work at Boston Consulting Group on July 11th in their Detroit office, which is in Troy, MI.  The pieces of my life are starting to fit together.  I can hardly believe it!  On to the next part of my life!

As always, go blue!