The pressure is rising and competition for internships is heating up -- a number of Gang members interviewed for the same position and there was a bit of smutty talk going on. Not that anyone would ever admit to it and, really, most of it was still rather polite ... but let's face it. We are all gossipers, we're competitive, and we love to talk about each other, even as much as we like each other.
To make things even more interesting, I think the Gang is on the verge of a revolt against the administration. There was a 30-minute, almost-violent discussion on the state of the school's brand new $52 million building. The bathrooms are always disgusting, the trash cans are rarely emptied on a regular basis, and the stalls run out of toilet paper. Can you imagine a Fortune 500 CEO seeing something like that? Breakout rooms are locked when they're not supposed to be; room scheduling is still a mess; and above all else, I think people feel disrespected. Professors don't bring their best game to class, or we get stuck with professors that no one else wants, we hardly ever see the Dean, and don't feel like the MBA program gets the attention/funding it deserves. The worst part is that the school ignores us now and yet will beg us for money in a few years when we're all earning six figures. (In the real world, a masters of accountancy program doesn't bring in prestige nor money. Sorry, CPAs). The stressed out students started coming up with all kinds of crazy ideas to make our complaints known -- hey, when folks need an outlet, they can get awful creative. I hope that these warning flares get some attention before people get more free time on their hands and cause some real mischief. Academia moves too slowly for MBA students!
Of course, I find outlets in other ways. Watch for these answers to start appearing on my tests:
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