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Me, Inc. is a signature part
of the Kelley Full-Time MBA
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program.
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It is our three-week, immersive
professional development
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experience for our
brand new students.
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It takes place before the
students have even attended
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their first MBA courses.
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Me, Inc., I think for
me, I would summarize it
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as a period of
discovery, the chance I
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had to talk about my story.
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I think that kind of helped
me understand where I've been,
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where I'm at currently, and
where I'm poised to get to.
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Me, Inc. is all about
exploring yourself
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and a lot of introspection.
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You get to know your inner self.
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And the best part
is that you get
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to do with all your
classmates around you.
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So you connect with
them more closely.
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We have students spend some time
crafting their personal brand,
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thinking about what kind of
experiences and skill set
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are they going to share
with recruiters that
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reinforce that personal brand.
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Your personal brand is not only
a reflection of your integrity
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and who you are and
what you believe,
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but it's also what you
want to portray to others
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and how you want
others to perceive you.
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I will say the
biggest thing that
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resonated with me
is how I've been
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able to connect my values
as a person to my values
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as a professional.
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When you really
reflect on what matters
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to you as an
individual, it starts
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to fall in line like the
certain professional paths
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that I want to take.
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My favorite thing
was we put together
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a 30-second speech called
"Tell Me About Yourself,"
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where we give our pitch
that we'll use at networking
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conferences or in interviews.
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And we stood in a line.
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And then we just rapid
fire gave our speech
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to all of those people over
and over and over again.
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And it was a really succinct
way to improve quickly.
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I think the Case
Competition, while one
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of the more
challenging things that
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I think you do as part
of the Me, Inc. program,
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it's just a really
good opportunity
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to work under pressure,
work with the team.
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You get some of the hard skills
that you need for consulting.
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But on the other
hand, you're also
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developing some soft skills
with teamwork and collaboration.
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I think the biggest
takeaway I have from the Me,
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Inc. program is that this
MBA program is more than just
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building my quantitative and
core foundational business
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skills.
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It's about making
the relationships.
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You really find out
who you are and how
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you can connect your
personality, your skills,
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to put yourself in
the best position
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to succeed going through
this experience and something
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that I think won't just
affect me for my time
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here at Kelley but for my life.
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Often, people are expected
to know exactly what they
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want to do the minute they step
onto the campus of a business
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school.
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But with Me, Inc., you
really have some time
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to do some introspection
on your own
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and figure out where you want
to take the degree while having
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the support of your
classmates and the faculty all
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before classes start.
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I don't know of any
other MBA program
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that does something like we do.
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And students derive a tremendous
amount of value from it.
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We're proud of that.
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