BK, a prospective student, is probably a familiar name to readers of this blog. He had written to me a few weeks back and wanted to know what general management means and how a school that characterizes itself as general management school is different from those schools that have a bent toward a particular discipline – questions that led to a series of blog posts on that topic.
Earlier this week, BK visited Tuck to check out the place for himself. During his trip, I spent some time with him answering his questions and giving my opinions about Tuck and business school in general. He posed another interesting question during our conversation which I thought would be good to answer through this blog since many other prospective students may be having similar thoughts. He asked (and I am paraphrasing him), “what kind of freedom do students have at Tuck to initiate activities they want to pursue and how much support do students get from the school administration in making these activities happen?”
This is a great question and very relevant. Just this past weekend, we had the admitted students weekend. It was entirely student run. Students signed up to lead the charge, they planned the activities, they volunteered their time, and they made it happen. It’s that simple. If you have a good idea that you want to pursue, you can pretty much be assured that you will find all the support you need to pull it off.
You may say: ASW is not a good example since the school is very involved in ensuring its success in order to exhort the admitted students to enroll. I assure you, the entire weekend was put together by the ASW co-chairs, the leaders of various committees, and scores of volunteers who worked hard day in and day out to make it happen – these were all first year students who wanted to ensure that every single visitor to Tuck, be it an admitted student, a partner, or a Tiny Tuckie, has the same level of appreciation for the school that each of us T’10s feel. (Continue to Part II above).
Read the full article: Shaping one’s Tuck experience – Part I