Frog to Dragon: HEC MBA & Tsinghua MBA Blog

Posted by Pam at 5 August , 2010

Walking out of HEC

I can’t believe it’s already been a month since my previous post.
As I’m preparing my big move to China, time has really passed without me noticing anything.

Before I go and start the second chapter of my MBA experience, I wanted to reflect back on what I have learned and what I’ll take away from it.

3 classes I enjoyed:

• Marketing (with J.N. Kapferer)
• Corporate Finance (with P. Quiry)
• Luxury Strategy (with V. Bastien)

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Tags: Academics, HEC events, Life on campus, Logistics, Students, TEC
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Posted by Pam at 6 July , 2010

Last night at Expansiel: heavy packing going on...

Tonight is my last night at Expansiel.

So I’m packing all my belongings and getting ready to move back to Paris where I’ll stay for a month before going to China.

I spent my last evening at the Piano Bar watching the football game between Uruguay and the Netherlands (Netherlands won 3 vs. 2). It was a great match but now I’m back in my room, packing my remaining belongings. My window is open and I can hear the youngsters from the Grande Ecole partying and laughing out loud, as usual.

It feels a bit strange to say goodbye to a year I spent here, with all the good memories I accumulated.

Bye bye HEC ~

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Posted by Pam at 4 September , 2009

Expansiel corridor

My bed

Yesterday was the day when I checked-in to HEC.
I’m now officially immatriculated as a student at the HEC MBA.

Youpi! :)

I also got the keys of my room at Expansiel (see pictures).

The whole administrative process took me around 2 hours.

Back to student life again!

Tags: Logistics
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Posted by Pam at 30 August , 2009

A week has passed, and the tension starts to build up before classes start. More students arrive in Paris from other countries.

Le Pont des Arts on the day of the picnic

As a result, I could see new faces during another HEC get together when we went for a picnic on the Pont des Arts last Friday (Aug 28th). In total, I could meet people from UK, the US, Japan, Hong Kong, Brazil, Columbia, and of course France.
However, most people will arrive on the 3rd and 4th of September, when we can move into our rooms in Expansiel, the HEC student residence.

On my side, I’ve started figure out what I could bring into my room and I think I won’t be able to do without renting a utility car for moving in.
Indeed, while I *could* do the public transport trip with a suitcase, it may be difficult if I have to lug a microwave and an ironing board around…

To be continued…

Tags: Logistics, Social
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Posted by Pam at 15 July , 2009

On Monday I received my room contract from HEC. So I’ve been officially attributed a room at the Expansiel residence on the HEC campus! Yay!

One of my future classmates posted a link on the Facebook group to a few photos that a previous student took of the on-campus rooms a couple of years ago. Check this out: Photo 1, Photo 2, Photo 3.

That reminds me of the dorms I used to live in when I first left Tahiti to study for Prépa…
Back to student life again!

Tags: Life on campus, Logistics
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