Case Comping- the pros and the cons

This past weekend, I was fortunate to have competed in the Marshall International Case Competition, a four day event filled with meeting new people, exploring LA, and eating good food on USC’s paycheck! Without giving a detailed explanation of what the case was actually about- if you are interested go check out my teammate Sarah Shaw’s blog- I was surprised when a case competition gave me a problem about an entire industry. This year’s MICC case was about the failing shopping mall management industry. Typically, we are tasked of solving a specific company’s problems with innovative and detailed explanations however this time we had to talk about a very broad subject. All in all, the case competition was an amazing time of learning and sleep deprivation. On top of getting some good feedback from judges, I also go to enjoy the friendship of kids from around the world: Hong Kong, New Zealand, Korea, and others. However, now that the case competition is over, I am back to reality and that is loads of makeup work that I have. For the past 5 weeks leading up to this event we have been training about 20-30 hours a week meaning I am short-changing a lot of time studying and sometimes having to skip lectures. As I am writing this I have 3 more chapters of Econ351 to write as well as 3 more chapters of Psychology that I need to study before my next midterm. Although I enjoyed every moment of the case competition, I am excited to get back on a regular sleep schedule as well as attending class and catching up on work! Adios till next post!