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Social Life Survey |
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The social life at Thunderbird is nothing short of amazing. The school
is entirely compromised of MBA and executive ed. participants so it's a
very stimulating environment. The school is also somewhat isolated in a
suburb of Phoenix which forces students to really bond and get to know
each other. This is the most invaluable part of your education - the
people that you build lifelong friendships with.
The famous Thunderbird pub is the focus of social life. With cheap
drinks and international beers on tap, Thursday and Friday nights are
something to be seen. In general eveyone knows everyone and is very
friendly. The international students and American students mix very
well, not forming clicks like on some other campuses.
Also due to the ability to start at one of 3 different times during the
year, and all of the overseas internship and study opportunities there
is a new mix of people on campus every 4 months. This is nice b/c you
don't get tired of the people you started with, and don't move through
the program in lock-step fashion. For this reason you can meet even more
people from around the world.
Some students venture to Scottsdale to go out to the bars there, but it
is 40 mins. away so many stay close to campus where other than the pub,
parties and socializing abound. Some married students, or non-drinkers
might have more trouble mixing, but even then there are cultural nights
and zillions of clubs to join to meet people. If you don't leave
Thunderbird with 20 new best friends that are the most amazing people
you've ever met you've not tried hard enough.
And again I can't emphasize that the diversity of the students make
social life. You can sit and discuss Al Quada with a Pakistani and
Indian who worked in the government before Thunderbird. You'll meet
people that worked in Mongolia and Africa before school. You'll meet
people that speak 5 languages and have lived all over the world. This
network is the most amazing part of the school and everyone is accepting
of everyone's differences. Muslim, mormon, Tiwanese, Israli it doesn't
matter everyone gets along and leans from one another.
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