We Won!

Sorry the news is a little late, but after yesterday I was a zombie! But let me rewind a little so you get a taste of the whole case competition process.

My team met in one of the breakout rooms at 8 and practiced, practiced, practiced until we had to head to the judging room. Our presentation went well and the questions we were asked weren’t anything we couldn’t handle. Our mentor sat in on it too and gave us some feedback after so that was helpful. We went to decompress for awhile and then were called back in with the other 3 teams we were competing against. The judges then announced who was advancing to the second round…my team! We were all kind of shocked, and stumbled out to the atrium to await for the drawing of second round presentations.

We selected the second slot, that allowed us just enough time to eat lunch and practice a few more times in our breakout room. Then it was show time! for round two, we not only presented to three second year judges but the WHOLE rest of our cohort. Once again it went really well, the questions were a little tougher but it seemed that the judges were satisfied with most of our answers.

Then we watched the two remaining teams and headed to the auditorium to await the results. Professor Powell walked the whole MBA class through the case and talked about things the second years liked and didn’t like about our presentations as a whole. Then it was the time that all 231 had been waiting for…the results! and when he read green 2, my heart skipped a beat. We won!? Wow! We are barely a week in and i won a case competition against 15 other teams? And with members from really impressive backgrounds. Its amazing that a girl from San Diego State and a dream can really accomplish.

After a much needed nap and some dinner we headed out to Brother’s bar to celebrate with the rest of the class! Glad to have one case under my belt and a jump drive to wear with pride around my neck!