February seems to be the days of women at Tepper. On February 19, we had Women at Tepper Day, and on February 26, we will have the Female faculty and Tepper Women luncheon (I'll give information on that in my next blog)
On Women at Tepper Day, it was fantastic to meet a relatively large group of women who are applying to Tepper School of Business. All of the ones who I talked to seemed very intelligent and focused. They all seemed to have a plan for their career progression.
We surrounded them with support all day. They attended classes, an information session, a special lunch designed for them to meet the Dean and Executive Director of our program. We also had a closing reception for them to have another opportunity to meet students at Tepper. It was fun, and our male classmates all looked excited that the class of 2009 might have more female representation. Our goal is to have at 30% of each class to be women.
I think it’s possible. In general, we believe is that many women don’t come to Tepper because we are such a quant oriented school. Well, ladies, I am not naturally a quant person, and I survived! I learned a great deal of the importance of analytics in business. I actually felt more knowledgeable than many of my co-interns this summer when it came to technical analysis. I hope that all women that are accepted to Tepper School of Business come. You won’t regret that decision.
Always nice to read your blogs.It was awesome talking with you at the women at tepper day; beautiful event.
Posted by: Ladunni | February 27, 2007 at 03:38 AM
Ladunni,
Great meeting you too. Glad you enjoyed the event. Hopefully, next year you will be involved with planning such an event for prospective students as well!
Posted by: Jill Yellock | February 27, 2007 at 05:23 PM