The Shailesh-tival

Note: This is an entry I wrote for my Kellogg Student Diary, which was a student life blog I kept as a student at Northwestern. Now that I’ve graduated, I’m copying my entries to my personal blog to preserve my writings. You can read all of the entries by viewing the category Kellogg Student Diaries.

I can’t believe I just finished bidding on courses for my last quarter at Kellogg when it seems like just yesterday I was sitting in an overcrowded informational session where I first learned about Kellogg’s (seemingly) complicated process for putting all of us into classes. Read the rest of this entry →

Note: This is an entry I wrote for my Kellogg Student Diary, which was a student life blog I kept as a student at Northwestern. Now that I’ve graduated, I’m copying my entries to my personal blog to preserve my writings. You can read all of the entries by viewing the category Kellogg Student Diaries.

As I close out my 4th quarter at Kellogg, I’m sitting in a coffee shop in the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan while most of my classmates are enjoying this year’s Kellogg ski trip to Snowmass, Colorado. I’m on my way from Evanston to the Washington DC suburbs (where I grew up) and I’m visiting a few friends in the city I called home for 4 years. Read the rest of this entry →

Note: This is an entry I wrote for my Kellogg Student Diary, which was a student life blog I kept as a student at Northwestern. Now that I’ve graduated, I’m copying my entries to my personal blog to preserve my writings. You can read all of the entries by viewing the category Kellogg Student Diaries.

This quarter I’m enrolled in the NUventions Medical Innovations program at Kellogg, and it’s definitely been one of my most unique (and rewarding) experiences here. The program brings together groups of nine students – two MBA students, two law students, two engineering student and three medical students – to work together to develop a new product to address a real medical need. Read the rest of this entry →

Note: This is an entry I wrote for my Kellogg Student Diary, which was a student life blog I kept as a student at Northwestern. Now that I’ve graduated, I’m copying my entries to my personal blog to preserve my writings. You can read all of the entries by viewing the category Kellogg Student Diaries.

The summer always seems to go by too quickly and as August comes to an end, I’m starting to see some of my Kellogg classmates back in Evanston, and it’s really exciting to start preparing for our second year while catching up on our summers. Read the rest of this entry →

Note: This is an entry I wrote for my Kellogg Student Diary, which was a student life blog I kept as a student at Northwestern. Now that I’ve graduated, I’m copying my entries to my personal blog to preserve my writings. You can read all of the entries by viewing the category Kellogg Student Diaries.

Northwestern’s Global Health Initiative (GHI) is a multidisciplinary project created to design a point-of-care HIV test that can be administered sustainably in countries that are most ravaged by the AIDS crisis. One of the most popular winter courses at Kellogg is Global Immersion in Management (GIM), where teams of students are sent all over the world to study business practices in their respective countries. Read the rest of this entry →

Note: This is an entry I wrote for my Kellogg Student Diary, which was a student life blog I kept as a student at Northwestern. Now that I’ve graduated, I’m copying my entries to my personal blog to preserve my writings. You can read all of the entries by viewing the category Kellogg Student Diaries.

Every now and then, I’ll catch up with a non-Kellogg friend and mention that I’m getting my MBA at Kellogg. Their response, “Oh, you’re set for life.” Read the rest of this entry →

Note: This is an entry I wrote for my Kellogg Student Diary, which was a student life blog I kept as a student at Northwestern. Now that I’ve graduated, I’m copying my entries to my personal blog to preserve my writings. You can read all of the entries by viewing the category Kellogg Student Diaries.

Among the many Kellogg-isms that become part of the student lingo, there is one that every first-year student can relate very well: FOMO – the fear of missing out. Read the rest of this entry →

Note: This is an entry I wrote for my Kellogg Student Diary, which was a student life blog I kept as a student at Northwestern. Now that I’ve graduated, I’m copying my entries to my personal blog to preserve my writings. You can read all of the entries by viewing the category Kellogg Student Diaries.

“Back to school. Back to school. To prove to dad that I’m not a fool.” – Billy Madison

At any age, there are definitely a few magical qualities to the first day of school: the excitement of starting a new phase of your life; the nostalgia of finding yourself back on a college campus; the thrill of finally meeting your new classmates. Read the rest of this entry →