MBA Quant Experience

I returned to my MBA home base at Tuck to teach the 5-day Pre-Enrollment Program, affectionately known as math camp, to 55 incoming first years.  The coverage is similar to the online MBA Math course, with lessons in finance, accounting, economics, statistics, and spreadsheets.  In each of 4 or 5 sessions each day, I introduce some concepts and lead students through sample problems before students then work individually through similar problems.  Second year teaching assistants and I roam the room to assist with questions.  The "watch-a-few then do-a-few" approach highlights areas of confusion and boosts confidence incrementally as students eventually can generate correct answers.

The second year TAs Jason, Alasdair, and Lindsay did a fantastic job grounding the week in what first year students will really need most and also in keeping the summer in math camp with some fun had-to-be-there performances.

Away from the classroom, many students explored the campus and surrounding area, including some canoeing and kayaking on the Connecticut River just a few minutes' walk from Tuck.  International students were having an orientation course across the hall, an Outward Bound group was sailing in coastal Maine, and a Tuck Builds group was doing some construction projects in the Upper Valley area. 

They're all in the midst of Decision Science and Accounting right now with summer most definitely over.