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Along with all the fun of the first couple of days, Orientation was also a time to, well, 'orient' us with some academic fundamentals that we will require during the MBA course. Four out of the seven days of orientation, we had four-hour intensive sessions preparing us for Statistics (Quantitative Methods) and also a session on basic Financial Accounting. I know for sure that these sessions were incredibly useful to many people in our class but sitting through four hour lectures at a stretch was definitely something that none of us was accustomed to.

We were introduced to the various support systems created for the success of MBAs at Leeds. These included two of the school's best and most famous accomplishments -- the Deming Center for Entrepreneurship and the Real Estate Center. It's not funny the number students from our class who have joined Leeds because of the entrepreneurship center. The overall enthusiasm towards Entrepreneurship has got me really excited.

The one session that was truly enjoyable was with our Career Connections office. These guys are as responsible for our careers during and after the Leeds MBA as we are ourselves. That's a responsibility they have put on their own shoulders. And the amount of effort I see them putting in towards this objective is seriously heartening. They actually managed to convince us to already begin working for our internships and they have even started guiding us towards it! Awesome.

*Look out for Part 3 of my MBA orientation in a few days!

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