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MBADiversity 4th National Symposium
Boston, August 24, 2008
MBA Math Quantitative Skills Workshop
"This two-hour and forty-five minute 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 MBADiversity. 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 MBADiversity workshop from the 22 lessons of the full MBA Math course,
which covers finance, accounting, economics, statistics, and spreadsheets.
Note: You will notice references to the June 2008 Forté Foundation workshop in
the pre-work narrated lectures. Due to technical difficulties and deadline
constraints for pre-term teaching at Cornell and Dartmouth, I have been unable
to complete the editing process to switch references to the MBADiversity event.
The workshops are similar by design and the pre-work is the same for both.
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
"MBA Math was the cornerstone of my MBA preparation because it was extremely
comprehensive [and] offered me a variety of dynamic learning tools"
- Tumi A., Tuck '09
"My experience during the first two quarters at Chicago GSB has been
immeasurably enhanced by the fact that I spent the time necessary to go through
all of the sections and problems on MBA Math. In fact, I continue to use it as
a reference or reminder of certain things even though we have gone into greater
depth long since. I cannot recommend this course enough. "
- Joshua I., Chicago '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
"The flexibility of the MBAMath.com tools and exercises allowed me to pace
myself and served my needs in all the coverage areas that I needed to refine,
having been out of school for some time. I highly recommend this to all
prospective MBAs."
- Edmund A., MIT '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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