Two down....more to go

Got started on the pre-reading and homework that are due the first week of classes. Courses this first term are financial accounting, managerial economics and management. The breadth of material seems lightest this first term relative to the other terms. The remaining terms have more courses. It will be interesting to see whether this has any effect on workload. I doubt it.

So far, I have completed half the accounting homework, which is basically an intro to financial accounting. I must say, it was not as menial as I was anticipating. The content for the intro is a software CD that comes with a mini-textbook. The software is pretty easy to use and the content straightforward. Next up is the assigned reading from the course text and the related problems.

In addition to accounting, I have also started the reading and case studies for the management class. The reading is similar to the stuff I read in organizational behavior and organizational design courses in undergrad but there is a lot more of it. I'm hoping to get through it all but I am going to focus on the important stuff first. In order of priority, case studies, reading assignments, and then the suggested articles. There is a lot of reading (about 600 pages, no joke) to be completed for the first week so I try to pace myself without getting too bored or caught up in the details. The good thing about this course is that the syllabus has been sent out and it described the assignments that will be due throughout the term. I will probably be able to get through a few drafts the papers that need to be submitted before schools starts.

What I have not yet started is the reading for the managerial economics (mgec) and the business math primer (math intro) course. I am going to leave the mgec stuff for last for no particular reason, although I plan to start skimming through some of it. Now that I have the accounting intro out of the way, I will get started on the math intro. This is presented as a audio course with notes and homework. I have already looked at it and I am guessing its about 15-20 hours of work to get through, consisting of mostly statistics and other business number crunching tasks.

My goal is to get all of the required homework completed by the time school starts plus any extra stuff like getting papers drafted and reading ahead etc.

I have also started to go through some of the online resources from the Wharton internet account. I am glad that Wharton decided to give us access as early as possible. I find it convenient to be able to browse through the available resources. Basically what I've seen consists of message boards for the different classes, clubs and activities. I've also seen course listings, faculty and Wharton directory listing, online access to wsj, businessweek, FT, NYT etc.

On another note, it looks like I will not be able to attend the NYC reception as I would have liked. So, I will have to wait until the end of May to meet my classmates in person.

Also decided to add a new section to my commentary. What I'm reading and what I'm listening to. This is for anyone who may be reading or listening to the same and care to comment.

What I'm reading: Warren Buffett's Letters To Berkshire Shareholders

What I'm listening to: The Welch Way podcast from bweek