THE FINAL STRETCH!

1 more month of school. Then we graduate. Finito.

It’s a very weird feeling for me and my MBA2 classmates.  What seemed like an endless stretch of time — classes, group projects, and Beer Blast Thursday — has whittled down to just a handful of days.  I look at my schedule over the next month and every night is essentially spoken for–and, sadly, a lot of this time will need to be used to say goodbye.

I’m lucky that a lot of my friends here are remaining in the NY/east coast area–but there are several friends heading to SF and LA and international cities far away.  I am excited for them and the adventures to come–and partially jealous that they can avoid the NY winter–but sad that our carefree days of business school (which have allowed me to hang out with so many friends every day), are coming to an end.

The end of the semester also means the concurrent due dates of all those “final deliverables” that have been piling up in all of our classes.  Between my five classes I have six final presentations (yes that’s right–one of them has two).  What makes it complicated is that, because everyone is in disparate electives, coordinating group schedules between 5-6 group members can be a bit challenging.

We have some exciting end-of-year events coming though, so I’m excited for those.  One is STERN FOLLIES (it’s tomorrow!), which is an annual musical-comedy revue that is entirely written, produced, directed and starring Stern students from both classes.  This year’s show is titled STERNIE NIGHT LIVE.  My classmate, Mike, is the mastermind behind the show this year and–as he is one of the funniest guys I know–I’m really looking forward to what the show looks like.

The final Beer Blast on May 7th is also a hugely exciting event–it’s always run by our LGBTQ organization OUTCLASS, and is always well attended and a lot of fun.  The night ends with a huge lip-synch competition, and I know SOME teams are already preparing (overachievers)!  I prepare to participate in that event as an enthusiastic spectator, but it’s always fun to watch your classmates shake off some steam from the semester.

Anyway, here we go into the final stretch.  Wish me luck on my projects!sternie night live

Matt