Darden

On Sunday night I traveled to my sister's home slept the night then awoke early to journey to Charlottesville, Virginia; my purpose: to check out UVA's MBA program.

When I got there I noticed that most of the potential MBA students were all dressed in business casual--I immediately felt uncomfortable in my old jeans and moc shoes, but felt much better when the director of admissions shrugged it off and gave me my name tag. I had an enjoyable time meeting with first and second year students, visiting a macro-economics class, dinner with a second-year, and then a Q and A session with a panel of Darden students. I was particularly impressed with how it the program was heavy on being led by the students. Which was interesting, considering that UVA's program is often ranked #1 in regards to their professors. I loved that kind of learning, the students really dug into the economic and business issues. As listened to them I realized that that is exactly the way I learn.

After my Darden experience I ended the day hanging out with one of my old companions from the mission and friend at BYU, Tyler Cuff. We walked the grounds and talked about old times, which was fun and refreshing. We then grabbed some pizza at an old college joint and Tyler and I continued to talk about old times which was fun, but probably extremely boring for the friends that were with us. As I drove away from Darden back to Washington DC I began to miss it... even though I had spent only a few hours there...