As an orientation to the school and a way to kickstart students’ social lives, Chicago Booth offers a variety of “random walks,” through which students can take one of 26 trips abroad (and one domestic trip to Alaska). Three to four second-year students organize these week-long excursions, which take place toward the end of August each year. Because students organize these trips and can thus define their own interests, the trips can become quite specialized—two trips are offered to Belize, for example, one for singles and one for couples. In 2009, registration for these trips closed almost two weeks early because of overwhelming demand. Students who have their hearts set on a particular destination would be wise to sign up as early as possible. And students who have not set their sights on any particular destination can elect to join the “mystery trip,” for which they do not find out where they are going until they get to the airport. Sounds like a pretty intense bonding experience to us…
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