Kellogg-Schulich EMBA Residence Week to Module 2 – Mellie Chow
I thought that I would NEVER go back to school! But never say NEVER, because life is long and your career can feel even longer!?! After much hemming and hawing over the ROI of a graduate degree, I decided it was time to go back to school, as I felt I had risen to a humbling level of mediocrity at work. So I decided to pursue my EMBA at Kellogg-Schulich at the beginning of this year. It turned out to be one of the best decisions I’ve ever made and I will tell you about my experience with residence week and the first two modules at Schulich so far…
Residence Week was a “throw-yourself-into-the-deep-end of the pool” kind of immersive introduction to being back in the academic environment. But what immediately struck me was the people in my class which was comprised of approximately 45 other highly motivated, ambitious and capable Type A personalities. It instantly felt like home. And incredibly refreshing to be surrounded by a wealth of talent and experience. Residence week was a warm fully engaging welcome that would set the tone towards the depth of relationships and life-long bonds that was in store for me throughout this experience. I was eagerly looking forward to spending the next 18 months and learning from my EMBA family.
Module 1 was our initial experience working with our hand-picked study groups and the high-caliber professors from Kellogg who made learning feel gratifying and almost let you forget about the pain of how challenging the work load was. The richness and depth of the content made me feel like I was acquiring the right tools towards my future. Our class was also very fortunate to have the Schulich administrative support which we quickly learned would go above and beyond to ease some of the burden of our heavy work load.
Module 2 further built on the relationships and knowledge we had acquired to prepare us to meet the rest of the global network. We fanatically and confidently awaited what was in store for us next…