The Rockefellers

We had a family dinner at Blue Hill at Stone Barnes, a restaurant sited on an old Rockefeller estate in Sleepy Hollow. It was good to see Julie, Mom, and the Dyes. The food was fantastic. It was the first all-you-can-eat fine dining experience I think I've ever had. We had 19 courses and three bottles of very good wine. However, I'm not sure if the meal justifies the $1,200 bill, paid for by Bob and Julie. Maybe I'm just stingy.

But through the 6-hour meal (and for the rest of the weekend), I found it difficult to have a detailed and rational conversation about business school. Mom and I had very little substantive conversation about the subject and about my immediate future. It seems as that she/they will be happy as long as I relocate to NYC and finish B school in the city during the next three years. While Stern is definitely my top choice, I'm still entertained about applying to INSEAD, HEC Paris, or even somewhere completely off the subject like the Brussels School of International Studies.

Grrrr . . . I need to focus! I'm not 25 anymore!

I spent most of the weekend finishing a take home exam for my finance class. I am confident that I did well on the test, but am still not sure what I'm learning from the class. As I've been telling my friends, I feel like I'm getting the good grades without learning the subject, and most importantly, the context.

The prof seems to be disinclined to make additional efforts to get to know the students and our questions. The times when I emailed him with questions, he came off as standoffish and declined to either answer my questions or provide an alternative time to discuss the coursework. Perhaps this is why I should have finished my undergrad at GWU rather than trying to earn my degree during my 30s with an online program like UMUC?