Julie the MBA Candidate

Last February I took the GMAT and started applying to MBA programs in NYC.I was accepted into CUNY's Accelerated Part-time program at Baruch's Zicklin School of Business. While I already have a blog, I thought I'd start a new one just for my MBA program, partly because I couldn't let a phrase like 'pinstripes and denim' go to waste.

A little about me: liberal arts major, survivor of the first dot.com bubble, lived in NYC for ten years, puttered around the fringes of the film and internet media industries for years. I worked in a private school for six years and finally developed long-range focus and genuine study skills. I have a fair grasp of business and I love learning how individual businesses work, and I'm hoping an MBA will give me the vocabulary and business knowledge to make a formal career out of what's been a somewhat patchwork approach to employment.

I currently work as a computer engineer at a Fortune 500 publishing company. I help develop and deliver the standards for some of our workstations. I've worked in IT since I was in college, after studying the classics, theatre, and multimedia. I have a good head for systems, organization, and critical thinking. Despite these traits, I still occasionally misplace my keys, or freak out when I forget that I left my Metrocard in my other pair of pants.

My program starts in about ten weeks. I hope to blog about once a week through the entire affair. With any luck, in about two and a half years I'll pop out of the oven with an MBA, a better salary, and a sense of accomplishment. I'll settle for the first two.