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This blog is about all my experiences while completing my MBA at the Sauder School of Business in Vancouver, BC and CEIBS in Shanghai. Enjoy reading, Matthias!

September 12, 2011

Arriving in Shanghai

The first week in Shanghai is over. The question why I am actually doing this remains open for now. It makes quite a difference to visit or live in this city. At the moment, this city is just very hot, loud, dirty and overcrowded. Such a big difference to the beauty of Vancouver in the summer. Being here for a while makes you realize how beautiful other places could be.
The first classes at CEIBS will start tomorrow. I am looking forward to my first lectures here in Shanghai and to see how they are here. In particular, as it seems that I have to take more classes as any other exchange student at CEIBS. I have had a dispute with the Sauder MBA office for the last three month. I overloaded my schedule in a previous period to free up my schedule during the exchange and now I should still take more classes. That is so ridiculous.
They even enforced that rule after I told them that they are acting fully against my personal interest as I would prefer to have more time to network with local companies and learn the language. It seems that Sauder does not value customer satisfaction very high - not very smart.
Anyways, to study in Vancouver has big advantages....but sometimes the School just sucks. But I guess that is the case with every school. Let's see how it goes at CEIBS.

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