Hello from Boston!

July 17th, 2007

I’ve been here for less than a week and have already:

  • Opened a bank account (in Bank of America)
  • Got a new mobile phone and number (Verizon)
  • Registered with Harvard International Office
  • Moved in to my new apartment
  • Started filling it up
  • Met a dear friend in Atlantic City and spent a night there
  • Ate twice at HBS (was pretty good!)

The main efforts are currently concentrated in the “filling up the apartment” section. Here’s a representative example:

My Bath – the “Before” picture:

s_bath_before.jpg

My bath – the “After” picture:

s_bath_after.jpg

The first semester at HBS starts on September 4th. I’m here early because I’m participating in two pre-MBA courses: the Pre-MBA International program and the Analytics program.
The Pre-MBA International program starts next Sunday and lasts three weeks. It consists of four modules: Learning Business through Case Method, Case-Based Exam Writing, Effective Speaking Workshops, Living and Learning @ HBS. Its goal is to prepare international students to studying at HBS (with emphasis on the unique case method learning) and living in the US.
I look at it as a good opportunity to meet many other international students and start studies in a more relaxed environment, while getting acclimated to living in Boston. And I’m sure that in addition to studying we’re going to have lots of fun…

I’m really looking forward to it, should be much more fun than shopping at Ikea.

p-009.jpg

HBS classroom – here we come…And to all my friends visiting this blog for the first time – welcome and keep in touch ;) note that you can subscribe to email updates of the blog at the top right corner.

Filed in HBS, US, pre-MBA
10 Comments »

10 Responses to “Hello from Boston!”

  1. iday Says:
    July 17th, 2007 at 17:50

    And so the journey begins!
    Good luck!!!

  2. Clinton Says:
    July 17th, 2007 at 18:35

    Hey, good to see you are already settling in and doing so much already:)Good luck at Harvard. Hope I see you when I visit for the info session. I’m In New York at present.

  3. Admin Says:
    July 19th, 2007 at 02:28

    Iday – thanks :) We have a saying in Hebrew – soon it’s your turn…
    Clinton – thanks, let me know when you’re in the area…

  4. Guy Says:
    July 19th, 2007 at 14:25

    Go get them. I love you’re domain. You should register the trademark (or is it SAG property?)

  5. CS@HBS Says:
    July 21st, 2007 at 15:34

    Guy – I don’t see KHS suing me for it anytime soon ;)

  6. Johny C Says:
    August 11th, 2007 at 08:41

    I am keeping tab on this blog… looks nice and clean… hope to find more when real MBA starts :D

  7. CS@HBS Says:
    August 12th, 2007 at 01:33

    Johny C – glad you like the blog! good luck with the GMAT…

  8. Jonathan Says:
    October 5th, 2007 at 01:09

    HI,

    MAZAL TOV LEYOM HAHOOLEDET.
    Lot of success. Enjoy your stay in USA.
    greetings to your parents.
    SHANA TOVA

    Jonathan Shamir

  9. cs@hbs Says:
    October 7th, 2007 at 18:27

    Jonathan – thanks a lot! Shana Tova to you too.

  10. CS @ HBS » Blog Archive » The exotic world of blog statistics Says:
    May 2nd, 2008 at 02:36

    [...] hbs classroom pictures – this one is not very amusing, but the funny thing is that 26 different people reached the blog after searching for this phrase! What is it that makes HBS classroom so fascinating? Anyways, to satisfy popular demand, there’s a photo in this post. [...]

Leave a Reply