Archive for October, 2008
Unemployment Vs Grad School Chart on NYTimes.
The New York Times Economix Blog asks – Where Ex- and Would-Be Wall Streeters Might Be Headed. There’s a cool chart illustrating the relation correlation between graduate enrollment and unemployment.
Chicago in Cairo.
Eddie Pulliam, Senior Associate Director of Admissions at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business presented an information session at the Nile Hilton (what a classic hotel!) last night and turnout was decent inspite of worse than already awful usual traffic (causes: a presidential visit next door at the Arab League HQ and a customary 3-car pile up).
Chicago GSB in Cairo and Dubai.
Chicago GSB are in the region at the Nile Hilton tonight (Oct 26) and the Grand Hyatt Dubai tomorrow (Oct 27)
Columbia Business School in Cairo.
Michael Robinson (MBA 01), Associate Director of Admissions at the Columbia Business School hosted an information session at Justine’s / Four Corners in Zamalek on October 22.
Fulbright Scholarships in Egypt.
On behalf of the Binational Fulbright Commission in Egypt, we regret to inform you that our reviewers did not rank your application to the AY2009-2010 Fulbright Egyptian Student Pogram among the ones selected for consideration by the interviewing committee.
MIT Sloan online chat
Sloan have another online chat today (Oct 23) 1pm EST.
CBS in Cairo tonight.
Columbia Business School (following Dubai a few days ago) info session in Cairo at Justine’s in Zamalek, 6pm tonight.
Wharton at AUC.
I attended the Wharton information session at the old AUC campus (which is gorgeous!) downtown Cairo last week.
Finance Students Keep Their Job Hopes Alive – NYTimes.com
The New York Times (Finance Students Keep Their Job Hopes Alive) checks in on how the schools are coping with financial uncertainty. “Financial companies shed 150,000 jobs last year and more than 100,000 so far this year…
Too many bankers?
Esther Duflo, Professor of Economics at MIT asks if the world has too many bankers?. She’s inclined to think so but is reassuringly optimistic about talent finding opportunities in other industries although she is vague on what the relative compensation levels might be. I think finance will evolve, Glenn Hubbard explains why the long-term trends are in the industry’s favor…
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