The Forté Foundation is an organization dedicated to encouraging women to pursue careers in business leadership by providing access to information, scholarships and
networking opportunities. Obviously this is an important topic for everyone in business to be aware of. The vast majority of b-schoolers are still men, and that quite simply means that the business school experience is not as well rounded as it should be.

This fall, Forté is coming to cities across the country with its Forum
series, featuring top women business leaders sharing candid advice drawn
from their own career experiences.

They’ll be joined by admissions officers from the top MBA schools, who will
answer questions and give advice about the admissions process.

The event includes plenty of time to mingle with corporate and school
representatives for one-on-one networking opportunities.

The schedule of events is as follows:
Boston, September 17th (register by September 13th)
Washington DC, September 18th (register by September 13th)
Chicago, September 19th (register by September 13th)
New York, September 20th (registration is closed)
Atlanta, September 24th (register by September 20th)
Houston, September 25th (register by September 20th)
San Francisco, September 26th (register by September 20th)
Los Angeles, September 27th (register by September 20th)
New York, October 1st (register by September 24th)
London, October 9th (register by October 1)

To register for any of these events, visit
http://www.fortefoundation.org/forum

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Whew! Three days into orientation and I have barely had time to catch my breath. Things are moving at a feverish pace – sessions, social events, group projects, and more take up our entire day. After a packed day of non-stop activity, our nights are purely dedicated to socializing (and school sponsored drinking!). Orientation is definitely not for the weak of heart!

A few initial observations:

• The enthusiasm is tangible; you can really sense how happy and excited everyone is to be back in school. And it’s not only because they are thrilled for a two year break from the work-force. People are genuinely enthusiastic about learning!
• The class diversity is astonishing. There are people from all walks of life, representing 50+ countries from an incredibly broad range of cultural, ethnic, religious, interest, and experience backgrounds
• Career switching seems to be a very popular reason to attend school. Most of the people I have met are looking to switch and are using school to make it happen
• Socializing on steroids – this seems to be one of the most critical elements of orientation (and the business school experience in general). Everything is geared towards meeting and interacting with your peers. On some level the insane amount of socializing feels somewhat forced and artificial, but at the same time there is a real sense of genuine interest as people meet and explore an entirely new network of peers
• Business school learning will be very experiential. Already every session, project and activity has been extremely participatory and interactive. It is very clear that the next two years will not be about learning from a dry book or boring professor

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