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Hello,

I am starting my first class with ECON 705 with Shaughnessy. Any words of wisdom? I have full-time job which takes up 12hrs of my day. Also just got blessed with our 1st child. Been out of whole school thing for 15yrs...excited and more so nervous.

thx
RG

Hi SoCal,

Thanks for the vote of confidence. Looks like your plate is way full and kudos on your progress. Best of luck with your business and new venture. Yea plan was to double up on classes to get done in 12 months...but later changed my mind to stick with one at a time. Thanks for your reply and tips...appreciate it.

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I am starting my first class with ECON 705 with Shaughnessy. Any words of wisdom?

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This is a copy/paste from an email I sent to someone else taking ECON 705 next period. You may find it useful, though some of it is probably a repeat of other advice earlier in this thread.
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It's a challenging class if you don't stay on top of the work. If you already aren't, get comfortable with Excel. Watch some YouTube videos, take a quick Lynda.com course, experiment with formulas, etc. because a lot of people struggled with that at first. I work in Excel everyday, so I was fortunate in that regard, but a surprising number of people said that was a hurdle for them.

It also wouldn't hurt to at least see what linear regression in Excel looks like and maybe play with it a bit. The below video (9 min) is dry but I recommend following along on your computer as much as possible to get your feet wet. You'll be doing a lot of linear regression in the course. Shaughnessy will explain the details of what to look for, so don't think you need to be an expert going into the class, but I think it might help to have at least seen it before.

https://youtu.be/HgfHefwK7VQ

Once the class starts, try to get through the reading, video quizzes, and self assessment quiz as early in the week as possible, so you can focus on the main assignment, which can take several hours of work depending on your level of understanding. Also, he does Zoom (webcam) meetings 2 - 3 times a week. Attend those when you can or watch the recorded sessions. The live versions are better because he'll sometimes share too much on how to work the weekly assignment (in his opinion) and edit that stuff out in the recorded version.

Thanks Brent. Looking to take the ACCT exam either tonight or tomorrow night. I sure wish we would at least be able to see our scores after completion.

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I got this report:
3. Harvard Business School Case Study W16763: Netflix Inc: Proving the Skeptics Wrong (Nov 18, 2016).

As well as the ISDS 705 book, a pdf version of the Mastering Strategic Management 2011 book and the epub version of the Playing to Win book.

Let me know if you need it.

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Hi DC,
I would really appreciate the case study, the epub PTW and the PDF of MSM.
marco_natureboy@yahoo.com
thanks in advance
Marco

Congrats Brent.
Thanks for the info.

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Financial Markets and Institutions 12th - ISBN # 9781337099745

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I would like to get one too if anyone is willing to share, thanks

Hi Brent,

Would you mind telling me how many questions related to the financial ratio?

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It was much better than Exam 1

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Good to hear. I plan on getting it knocked out tomorrow. Congrats on being done with ACCT!

In same boat as Astro. Happy to be done with Accounting and had time to double check and read thoroughly through answers with good time left on the clock. Complete 180 from the midterm. Onto Fin 701 studying!