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XEL is by far my worst performer. It's had a crap 6mo while the rest of my portfolio is up, this one is down.

I've held it for 25+ years and it's time to dump this.

Meeks is one of the best professors in the program. I'd take most complaints about him with a big grain of salt. Highly recommend his classes!

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Anybody completing their 10 courses in Summer AP1?
just changed my program objective and i will be completing my courses in Summer AP1?

Is there anything we need to do now? or in SP AP2?

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Nothing to do now. There are two forms you need to fill out to graduate. One for the registrar and one for the program.

Watch here for the Registrar form:
Registrar Forms

The program's graduation checklist form is on Moodle in the MBA Program section. It's over by the program change request form and called a Degree Checkout Request. Right now only the spring section is up.

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Unfortunately, I don't have enough experience or info on MADM 715 and MADM 751, so I'm not much help there.

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MADM751 w. Meeks is practically identical to how he runs MADM760. I think Meeks is one of the better teachers, an easy grader, and I wouldn't hesitate to pair this class. However, it is a somewhat writing centric class and a fair number of people last session seemed to think his class was a slog. I would pair this class with no issues.

MADM715 w. Wren isn't that bad of a course, but if you have a hard time with reading a large amount of information, learning the important parts, and getting tested on it, you won't like this class. There's a 10 minute audio/visual presentation (recorded voice embedded in powerpoint slides) as the primary project in the class. There were a large number of complaints in the session I took this class. A lot of this was around the fact that she references material across the internet and there is duplication of data to wade through. I wouldn't pair it.

I think Wren is a lot like Dr. James in that she has extremely high expectations of what MBA caliber work is all about and doesn't cut a lot of slack to those unwilling to step up. I personally didn't mind the information overload, but it's not in a polished and tidy book, so if you're not used to this sort of learning I can see the shock and dismay over this class.

She is a lawyer and her responses and attitude fit the mold. This really rubbed a large number of my fellow students the wrong way. I get it, but if you've worked with legal people before, she's completely cut from the same cloth.

TL:DR - No, you probably don't want to pair MADM715, but if you do make sure it's an easier class without a lot of deliverables.

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Looks like the following is available:
Acct 701 - Unkown Teacher
ISDS 702 - Ahmet
Madm 760 - Meeks

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This last session there was a lot of angst regarding Dr. Meeks, but I took him for both MADM760 and MADM751 and really enjoyed his classes. Of the three you listed, I think this is the only one that gives you a real chance to enjoy your vacation.

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Can’t speak on Meeks for 751, but Gibbs for ISDS 705 is straightforward and manageable to pair with another course.

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Meeks' courses are pairable. It's a straight forward course, but it is a MADM, so there's a fair amount of writing involved.

Some people this term don't seem to care for Dr Meeks, but I really liked MADM751. It's one of the better courses I took in the program content wise.

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Looks like Dr. Williams has sent out Sigma Iota Epsilon invites for Fall AP2 graduates.

I also received a Beta Gamma Sigma invite from Dr. Darrat.

Anyone else on the fence about whether to join one of these at all and if so which one are you leaning toward?

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Which Dr. Williams? Looks like Summer grads get to play the beg for an invite game again.

I'm not sure if it's worth joining or not, but this second class citizen thing after they made a big deal of announcing 6 graduation dates per year is getting old!

@DD Congrats!

@VinylTiger this thread is actually on a very active "Money Talk" board on TD. I think a lot of the down votes come from people sick of the thread popping to the top.

Regarding the 500 series classes. Most every class has a review of basic concepts and nothing is particularly difficult.

@nogoodjr I really enjoyed 751 with Meeks. I enjoyed it more than his strategy class, but they are in very similar formats.

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By any chance has anyone taken the MADM 725 or 752? Need a final elective to take for my last course. Was hoping to take an easy course to finish out. Currently I'm enrolled in Data Analytics 710.

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I took MADM752 with Knotts. I found the class a bit boring, but it wasn't hard. All in all it was OK and a fairly typical MADM class.

Mix of some video and chapters to read. Weekly quiz. 500 words or so every week on that week's topic. One major project that was actually pretty darn easy (interview a family business owner).

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Also actual lecture videos, not just a powerpoint which lacks the explanations for the pieces which are obviously meant to include additional examples.

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This is my biggest criticism of the entire program. Actual lectures would improve everything.