It's In The Little Things

Last year, around this time I was writing my applications for the LGO program. I know there were many things I tried to find out more about Sloan and LGO before I applied so thought of sharing some of it here.

Sloan Clubs - Like any business school, there are many student driven clubs for about any topic you can imagine. These clubs are useful to gain more information about specific industries, hear speakers or go to recruiting events that are targeted for the industry. As an LGO student, it is hard to take a leadership role, but some actually do. I am involved with the Sales Club, the Media Tech club and the Sloan Women in Business club (SWIM).
As part of the Sales club, there is a 3 session sales training where we get to hear Jeff Hoffman who is a leader in sales training and he shares his tips on how to write effective emails that get read by executives and get you a response.
SWIM - The Sloan Women in Management Club brings many opportunities for women. They host women speakers from different industries and hold information events for women only.

Off Cycles Internships - As part of the LGO program, an 6.5 internship in one of the partnership companies is guaranteed. Most of the class will do their internship June - December. But around 25% of the students will do an off cycle internship. This means that they will go to their internships February - August. It is sad that some of our class will not be with us during Spring Semester, but there are some advantages. You can take the G-lab (Global Entrepreneurship Lab) in which you get to go to am emerging market outside the U.S for a mini -consulting project. This is another real world experience that you can gain here at Sloan. In addition, some companies only offer off cycle internship like Amazon.

C- Functions and Social events - Almost every Thursday there is a cultural event at Sloan that includes food, performance and costumes. These C- functions are great because you get to see the amazing diversity that exists in Sloan. As an Israeli, I can't wait for ours that is scheduled for March. In addition, we had Oktoberfest in mid October where we had great food and beer, Fall Ball last week where we got to take all our pretty cloths out the closet and in a few weeks we will have a Thanksgiving Dinner.

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