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๐ŸŽ“My First Week at Columbia Business School | MBA Orientation + Main Campus Tour

๐ŸŽ“My First Week at Columbia Business School | MBA Orientation + Main Campus Tour

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๐ŸŽฅ My First Week at Columbia Business School | MBA Orientation + Main Campus Tour! ๐Ÿ›๏ธ This video is a day-by-day vlog of my first week of CBS Orientationโ€”from getting my cluster assignment to exploring Columbia University's Main Campus and attending my first classes! ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿซ ๐Ÿ“Œ Whatโ€™s in This Video? โœ… CBS Orientation Week โ€“ First impressions & cluster assignments ๐Ÿซ โœ… CBS Welcome Gifts โ€“ iPads, backpacks, & other surprises ๐ŸŽ โœ… Social events, networking, & my first CBS class experience ๐ŸŽ‰ โœ… Columbia University Main Campus Tour โ€“ Historic buildings, libraries, and the gym ๐Ÿ›๏ธ ๐Ÿ“ Chapters: 00:00 - First Day of CBS Orientation 02:06 - Day 1 Recap + Welcome Gifts Unboxing 06:43 - Day 2 07:47 - Day 3 08:22 - J-Term Welcome Reception @ Chelsea Piers 10:20 - Day 4 First Class 12:32 - Day 5 Exploring Columbia Universityโ€™s Main Campus 15:00 - Butler Library & Bookstore 16:08 - Wrapping Up Orientation Week! ๐Ÿ’ฌ Are you considering CBS or business school in general? Drop any questions in the comments below! ๐Ÿ”” SUBSCRIBE for more NYC & Business School vlogs! ๐Ÿš€ โžก๏ธ www.youtube.com/iamsarahlin ๐Ÿ“ Follow Me on Instagram for More Updates! ๐Ÿ“ธ โžก๏ธ www.instagram.com/iamsarahlin #ColumbiaBusinessSchool #CBSOrientation #CampusTour #MBA #ColumbiaUniversity #NYCvlog
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15.4s it's orientation for the next week or two I know we're getting assigned our clusters today which is our group of 70 that we will stick with for the first semester um but yeah other than that don't really know what to expect so I'm excited follow along with me bye I got my badge cluster
17.8s two I know we're getting assigned our
19.9s clusters today which is our group of 70
23.0s that we will stick with for the first
24.7s semester um but yeah other than that
27.2s don't really know what to expect so I'm
29.2s excited follow along with me
32.7s bye I got my badge cluster
37.1s bye I got my badge cluster Music
93.9s iPad which is really cool it's going to have all of our course work on
96.1s have all of our course work on
130.1s got home and the others kept going at a bar but I was like I we have enough time I'm just going to go home and recharge and also I have a lot to clean for my apartment I just did laundry anyway it's Monday I think it's around 630 p.m. right now and yeah let's see what I got
134.4s bar but I was like I we have enough time
138.1s I'm just going to go home and recharge
140.4s and also I have a lot to clean for my
142.4s apartment I just did laundry anyway it's
144.8s Monday I think it's around 630 p.m.
147.6s right now and yeah let's see what I got
151.6s today on my first day of orientation so everyone arrived to their home room for their cluster and had a backpack on their seat so this is pretty cool it's from tulle tulle I don't know how to pronounce the brand name but it has the embroidered Columbia Business School logo on it and we got a couple of
154.4s orientation so everyone arrived to their
156.9s home room for their cluster and had a
159.6s backpack on their seat so this is pretty
162.4s cool it's from tulle tulle I don't know
166.1s how to pronounce the brand name but it
168.4s has the embroidered Columbia Business
170.4s School logo on it and we got a couple of
174.4s things in here so let's check the first big thing we got was our iPads which we are call calling it the digital case book so instead of having a bunch of textbooks we put everything on here so Columbia does their teachings on a Case base so we're going to do all of our
177.2s big thing we got was our iPads which we
181.7s are call calling it the digital case
184.4s book so instead of having a bunch of
187.3s textbooks we put everything on here so
191.0s Columbia does their teachings on a Case
193.7s base so we're going to do all of our
195.8s readings in here we are not allowed to use our laptops in class so they encourage us to use this to take notes or paper pen uh very traditional way but yeah this is really cool and apparently this color Apple doesn't sell they made this color exclusively for us Columbia students so that's pretty cool and it
197.6s use our laptops in class so they
200.1s encourage us to use this to take notes
203.1s or paper pen uh very traditional way but
208.0s yeah this is really cool and apparently
209.6s this color Apple doesn't sell they made
212.4s this color exclusively for us Columbia
214.6s students so that's pretty cool and it
217.3s comes with a little case and VOA every student gets one of these and it comes with an apple pencil so we have this let me put that down we got nice cool double insulated I think it's double insulated ated uh water bottle let's open it it it doesn't okay it doesn't say double
221.7s student gets one of
223.8s these and it comes with an apple pencil
228.4s so we have this let me put that
231.6s down we got nice cool double
237.6s insulated I think it's double insulated
240.3s ated uh water bottle let's open it it it
244.9s doesn't okay it doesn't say double
246.4s doesn't okay it doesn't say double insulated woohoo looks like this and it has both of the Columbia business school buildings on it one's geffin Hall and the other one is kravis I'm still getting to learn the names really cute what else do we have in here um the cord
254.1s woohoo looks like this and it has both
257.3s of the Columbia business school
259.5s buildings on it one's geffin Hall and
262.1s the other one is kravis I'm still
264.7s getting to learn the names really cute
267.9s what else do we have in here um the cord
271.4s what else do we have in here um the cord for iPad a little name plate holder so each one of us gets a name plate but it's like this and it says her name um so the professor can call on us whenever they want I think that's pretty much it oh little that's nice just to help
273.4s iPad a little name plate holder so each
277.8s one of us gets a name plate but it's
280.7s like this and it says her name um so the
283.0s professor can call on us whenever they
285.0s want I think that's pretty much it
288.6s oh little that's nice just to help
292.2s charge our digital casebook or iPads or the apple pencil ooh we got a cool pen so looks like that oh last but not least I threw my name plate in here my name tag but our cluster assignments were a secret until today so I'm cluster
296.2s the apple pencil ooh
300.1s we got a cool
302.4s pen so looks like
306.2s that oh last but not least I threw my
310.0s name plate in here my name tag but our
314.1s cluster assignments
316.2s were a secret until today so I'm cluster
320.1s W and we're called the wolf pack so that's pretty cool and oh cool what is this this oh this is this is one thing I really love about CVS is how much they care about diversity equity and inclusion so sticker name plates for us if we want to
322.4s that's pretty
324.0s cool and
327.3s oh cool what is this this oh this is
331.2s this is one thing I really love about
333.2s CVS is how much they care about
336.4s diversity equity and inclusion so
339.7s sticker name plates for us if we want to
343.5s put them on our name
357.5s plates oh a little USB storage stick that's cool I have haven't gone through everything in here myself so I think that's it other than the snacks that I took home so yeah we just get fed for the first week because we were just in session from 900 a.m. till 500 p.m. every day and that's about
358.3s cool I have haven't gone through
360.4s everything in here myself
362.5s so I think that's it other than the
365.5s snacks that I took home so yeah we just
369.4s get fed for the first week because we
371.7s were just in session from 900 a.m. till
376.8s 500 p.m. every day and that's about
380.4s it we have a there's a sleeve for the it we have a there's a sleeve for the case book is there anything in here nope
384.0s it we have a there's a sleeve for the case
385.9s book is there anything in
388.3s here nope
396.2s so we can put it on our luggage that's luggage that's it nice so you are in great hands today and at this time please join me in giving a warm welcome to Professor Sheena iar STA and also future as a and so what do
398.4s luggage that's
400.4s luggage that's it
402.1s nice so you are in great hands today and
405.2s at this time please join me in giving a
407.6s warm welcome to Professor Sheena iar
421.7s STA and also future as a and so what do
425.6s we do in our
434.7s walking home walking to the subway it is so cold today it's like 30 right
440.0s so cold today it's like 30 right
451.9s throughout the day where I always feel like I need to pinch myself because it feels like it's a fluke that I'm here like what am I really here after waiting and trying so hard to get in pinch me a moment for
453.7s like I need to pinch myself because it
455.5s feels like it's a fluke that I'm here
458.6s like what am I really here after waiting
461.4s and trying so hard to get
463.4s in pinch me a moment for
475.3s this program which is the academic portion of your MBA experience and the curriculum we offer
477.8s portion of your MBA experience and the
479.7s curriculum we offer
500.6s dear so it is day three of the first week of oration and I'm walking to our class of 2026 reception we finished for the day I'm so tired but they put this on for us I'm so tired but they put this on for us and they you know it's for us so I feel like
504.5s week of
505.5s oration and I'm walking to our class of
509.6s 2026 reception we finished for the day
513.7s I'm so tired but they put this on for us
517.6s I'm so tired but they put this on for us and
518.7s they you know it's for us so I feel like
521.9s okay I got to go um I'm probably just going to stay for an hour and then head out so I can just relax I have an 9 we get but yeah let's go check out how it get but yeah let's go check out how it is
524.6s going to stay for an hour and then head
526.5s out so I can just relax I have an 9 we
529.0s get but yeah let's go check out how it
532.6s get but yeah let's go check out how it is
560.1s beautiful thank you should try that too try try January January Music
561.2s try January
562.5s January Music
577.8s okay it is 945 p.m. and I stayed a little bit later than I thought I would but it's okay it was all in good and fun met a lot of new people today and the food drinks the venue was great I'm really sad I didn't get to eat dessert but it's okay I was too busy talking to
581.4s little bit later than I thought I would
583.6s but it's okay it was all in good and fun
586.5s met a lot of new people today and the
588.8s food drinks the venue was great I'm
591.7s really sad I didn't get to eat dessert
593.3s but it's okay I was too busy talking to
595.6s people but tomorrow we have uh first class first real technical technically real class and it is at 900 a.m. for my cluster so it's time for me to get ready for bed rest recharge for another day tomorrow but yeah today was a good day all right time for me to go to bed bye
599.5s class first real technical technically
602.4s real class and it is at 900 a.m. for my
605.9s cluster so it's time for me to get ready
609.3s for bed rest recharge for another day
612.7s tomorrow but yeah today was a good day
615.9s all right time for me to go to bed bye
619.9s day four I am running to the I'm a little late I think this is my fit just a black long sleeve and a down jacket cuz it's 24 okay see you taco day
623.7s little late I think this is my fit just
628.3s a black long sleeve
630.1s and a down jacket cuz it's
632.0s 24 okay see
634.3s you taco day
665.0s had our first class today it was more like a boot camp class for leadership called lead and we got out a little early today so I'm going to go home and just like clean my apartment and oh we have homework so just like get stuff done but yeah it's a nice and easy day
667.3s like a boot camp class for leadership
670.8s called lead and we got out a little
673.2s early today so I'm going to go home and
675.0s just like clean my apartment and oh we
677.4s have homework so just like get stuff
679.4s done but yeah it's a nice and easy day
683.9s today I packed some food from lunch to go well I try to eat it at lunch lunch and I did finish so bringing it home it's Thursday night and I went to a workout class and I came back home and had to do an assignment that was due at 10 p.m. we have a boot camp class it's
688.0s go well I try to eat it at lunch lunch
689.5s and I did finish so bringing it home
693.2s it's Thursday night and I went to a
696.8s workout class and I came back home and
701.4s had to do an assignment that was due at
703.6s 10 p.m. we have a boot camp class it's
706.9s like 2 weeks long it's called lead and it is a course teaching us how to best effectively lead people teams and effectively lead people teams and organizations um so yeah that's what I'm doing today Thursday and I hope I can sleep early tonight so I can wake up early enough for the last free breakfast that we get
710.2s it is a course teaching us how to best
715.8s effectively lead people teams and
718.2s effectively lead people teams and organizations
720.0s um so yeah that's what I'm doing today
723.6s Thursday and I hope I can sleep early
726.4s tonight so I can wake up early enough
728.5s for the last free breakfast that we get
730.9s for the last free breakfast that we get tomorrow so not super exciting but yeah it's it is what it is we are starting our schooling now officially so yeah all right see you just finished I'm going to shower and head to bed bye I made it to the last day of
732.7s so not super exciting but yeah it's it
736.9s is what it is we are starting our
741.2s schooling now officially so yeah all
745.4s right see you just finished I'm going to
747.4s shower and head to bed
750.6s bye I made it to the last day of
754.4s breakfast I'm
773.0s and a couple of oh okay so it's I have my class name recording this video amazing yeah but we just finished their first week of orientation it's the last day and a couple of dual degree students have volunteered to take us to Main Campus so we're going to go check out
776.7s my class name recording this video
778.3s amazing yeah but we just finished their
780.6s first week of orientation it's the last
783.0s day and a couple of dual degree students
785.6s have volunteered to take us to Main
787.3s Campus so we're going to go check out
789.4s main campus and I want to go to the bookstore and buy some swags so yeah okay that okay just walked through the entrance and woo look at entrance and woo look at that main Square
791.0s bookstore and buy some swags so yeah
794.4s okay that okay just walked through the
798.6s entrance and woo look at
801.7s entrance and woo look at that
807.7s main Square
819.0s piure it's really pretty it is really pretty sometimes it's really busy so we'll show you
822.7s pretty sometimes it's really busy so
824.6s we'll show you
830.9s yeah that is that one okay so this is the old old building conru
833.9s the old old building conru
844.7s business school building which I guess ours is better FY we F
846.8s ours is
848.9s better FY we F
857.3s see now we're checking out the fitness Music center they're supposed to be a pool here
863.7s center they're supposed to be a pool here
873.6s light I don't know oh nice what's above light I don't know oh nice what's above all
876.0s light I don't know oh nice what's above all
882.0s this the engineering school
971.6s tour from my gracious cluster mids and I am going home now to finally rest it is Friday end of week one of orientation yay okay bye
975.9s am going home now to finally rest it is
979.4s Friday end of week one of
983.0s orientation yay okay bye