My Ambassador Day Experience

     A couple of years prior, when I was still contemplating which schools I wanted to apply to, I decided to attend the LGO program's Ambassador Day. I didn't particularly know what to expect and found myself reading up on the program, some of the faculty, and which people were in the program office. I still remember wrestling over the shirt I was going to wear with my suit (which I still had from my undergrad interviews 5 years prior), and which tie: red shows passion and intensity, blue demonstrates depth and stability, etc. I choose red.
    The day arrived and I suited up and jumped on the T to show up 15 minutes early as you never know with this Boston subway system. I was surprised by the number of other people attending Ambassador Day and promptly began introducing myself. Everyone was very friendly and I still remember shaking the hand of this one guy who later offered to help me better my sentence correction ability on the GMAT. After everyone arrived I remember getting matched with this other LGO who was going to take us to a Sloan class. I was very nervous as I was the odd man out, and thought about what happens if the prof cold calls me. Surely they won't do that right? I was too embarrassed to ask and chalked it up to a delusion of self-importance and walked in to my first Sloan classroom.
     After coming from the University of Texas, where some classes can be up to 400 students, I realized that this was a rather cozy 40-ish students; pretty awesome if you ask me. On the flipside, I was thinking, "now the professor really could ask me something I don't know." But that didn't happen and I was worried for nothing. The class was taught by Professor Joseph Doyle, and the course was Economics for Business Decisions 15.010. I remember thinking that he led a particularly interesting lecture and only cold called a couple folks during the lecture. Most of the students seemed down to earth and even talked to me about what I was doing and why I should apply. First impression was pretty awesome.
     After my first Sloan class we went to an information session where current LGO students gave invaluable, and candid, information about the program and what they love about MIT. I felt like I could relate to every person on the panel and noticed how different they seemed to be from all the "across the river" business school students I met the week prior. I gained insight into what tracks people were doing and why, and started to understand what the program timeline meant for most typical LGOs.
     Following the information session, I had lunch with a current student and she was very instrumental in helping shape my opinion on the program. If you have the chance to talk to a current LGO student, take it, as you will get first hand knowledge on the program. I can't stress this point enough.
     After, the information session it gets a little fuzzy in my memory (3 years ago). However I remember   getting to meet the program director, multiple sloan affiliated program office people, and a ton of other LGOs. Everyone was very personable and intent on making sure that I was having a good day and that all my questions and concerns were being answered. I was rather impressed with MIT's ability to give me a single day LGO experience.

     In closing, if you are still on the fence about whether or not to come to Ambassador's day, know that this day was the single most important thing I could have done for myself in meeting the LGO program office, determining how I fit in with the school, and what LGO student life was all about. Your time and money will be well spent if you decide to visit. Plus lunch is included.

As I feel like a picture is warranted Here is one from our joint SDM/LGO halloween party. Yes we had fun.