Wharton Winter Welcome
February 4, 2010 – 1:24 pmLast week was awesome! There were quite a few events that would go down in history as key events of 2010.
Wharton Winter Welcome: the newly admitted Wharton students roamed around the campus in great numbers (they were easily identifiable by the tell-tale easy-to-read name badge on a bright red lanyard). What’s nice is that the caliber of the newly admitted students is at a consistent high level: I got to meet absolutely outlandish new admits.
Winter Welcome activities range from class visits, conversations with professors, school presentations and tours around town to dinners with students in fancy restaurants in Center City, all paid for by the school.
The Lauder Institute had a special reception for its admits in the Lauder Lounge. Unfortunately, I only got to see how the catering service were setting up the very exquisite menu on the tables. I had to rush to the Irvine Auditorium to hear Malcolm Gladwell – the best-selling author of The Outliers, The Tipping Point, Blink, etc. – speak, and missed the food and wine at the Lauder Lounge this year.
Such is Wharton: time management is of utmost importance, and prioritizing becomes one’s second nature. I figured that I would get to know the new Lauder class when they start classes in May, but Malcolm Gladwell’s speech was maybe a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
The Winter Welcome event this year did not coincide with Wharton Follies, though: somewhat a disappointment for some people, but one should look at the bright side as coming to see the Follies is another great reason and excuse to visit campus again on February 18th.
Here’s a teaser for this year’s Follies: