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Forté Foundation MBA Women's Conference
New York City, June 27, 2008
Quantitative Calisthenics:
Warm up Your Number Muscles for the
Workout Ahead
"This two-hour workshop will build on the pre-work coverage of finance and
accounting basics to develop insight into the ongoing credit market crisis.
Rather than do a broad but shallow survey of quant skills needed in the MBA
first year, I've picked a few tools and a relevant topic from the current
business press. We'll dig into the basics of bond valuation and balance sheet
leverage with two goals in mind:
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Whet your appetite for your upcoming MBA coursework
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Provide a status check on your quantitative proficiency."
 Dr.
Peter J. Regan
Founder, MBA Math
Adjunct Professor, Tuck School at Dartmouth
Visiting Lecturer, Johnson School at Cornell
Adjunct Professor, Fuqua School at Duke
Registration
Registration is handled by Forté. Visit the conference web site for registration, timing, and
location.
Preparation
You will get the most out of the workshop if you prepare in advance by working
through the pre-work narrated lectures and individual exercises listed at the
left. The pre-work does not presume any prior experience with finance
or accounting. The workshop builds on this pre-work. The pre-work is adapted
for the Forté workshop from the 22 lessons of the full MBA Math course, which
covers finance, accounting, economics, statistics, and spreadsheets.
For many undergrad classes, professors introduce material in class. Student
responsibility to read texts and do homework comes later. MBA classes are
different. Students are expected to prepare for 3-4 hours before each class,
usually in study groups. Class time is the culmination, where everything is
supposed to come together. This approach makes much better use of your
professors' expertise and facilitates much higher quality student contribution
to discussion.
How long should the workshop pre-work take? Well, that depends on your
background. But I'd estimate between one and two hours.
Can you come to the workshop without doing the pre-work? Yes. But,
without doing the pre-work you'll likely just skim across the surface,
convinced that I understand the material but not locking in your own
understanding.
What to Bring to the Workshop
Bring some paper and a pencil or pen. A calculator would be helpful. A laptop
is optional. We will look at a few things in Excel but you could follow along
without a laptop, especially if you have solved some of the pre-work problems
in Excel.
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Testimonials for the full MBA Math Quantitative Skills course
"As someone who hadn’t solved a math problem since high school I owe my
admission to the Tuck Class of 2009 to MBA Math. During the admission process I
relied on MBA Math as an additional indicator of my quantitative abilities."
- Anne T., Tuck '09
"The MBA Math internet tool was instrumental to my smooth transition to
graduate school. After completing the first semester and doing very well, I was
pleased with the time that I invested working through the respective mbamath
modules."
- Jelka D., McCombs '09
"MBA Math allowed me learn at my own pace and focus on the areas in which I had
the most difficulty. The tutorials were very clear and the content was very
applicable to my first year courses."
- Lenika D., McDonough '08
"MBA Math is unique in that it provides the flexibility to work at one’s own
pace to meet personal objectives. It’s a great transition to graduate school."
- Jessica G., Olin '09
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