Getting back to school after working for a while is a very interesting and exciting experience. The first time you walk through the doors and you see a whole bunch of new students there is the flood of memories (both good and bad), reminiscing moments from the previous attempt at academic education – the friendships, the relationships, the times of old.
Orientation at Hult International Business School [Dubai Campus] just got over. Two days of intense information overload, paperwork, formalities on top of all the scramble to fit in. After all this IS the biggest worry of any student? Am I going to get along with everyone, heck at least a handful of these new folks or am I going to be left standing on the sidelines. These are all worries that most of us have had at one point in time or the other when dropped into such a group dynamic. At Hult, these feelings can be amplified because the student body is just diverse as the city streets of New York (I assure you, this is not an attempt at a cliched joke). The 65 odd students that we have are from all sorts of geographies, demographics and backgrounds. Personally, I dislike orientations but this time it was quite bearable – the staff is quite friendly and they try really hard to make us feel at home and comfortable, granted they understand the difficulties faced by such a diverse body (Having done this for a while helps out quite a bit).
For those not staying at the Hult residences and far away from the campus, lack of personal transportation will be a big challenge. While I haven’t checked the entire DIAC campus out yet, but I hear its pretty alright (more on the DIAC campus another post).
IT at Hult is cause for a little concern, since its been 2 days and I still haven’t gotten access to my emails and cant seem to get the same level of access as the other students in the portal (nothing better to make you feel right at home than an access denied “sorry you cant enroll to this course now” error message). Makes you wonder what the underlying problem really is, if two days isn’t enough time for a resolution. But I understand its the beginning of the year, so IT probably has a gizzilion things to do. However, my only concern is that I miss out on some important stuff that gets broadcasted.
All in all its been a pretty good start to what can only be hyped as the most intense one year most of us are going to be in.
Hmm I wonder if I can find a tee shirt with this inscription to sport to college.
“The only thing interfering with my learning, is education – Albert Einstein”
Wouldn’t the Dean be excited to see that!