3 BeWareTheNewSox 5 Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 I'm taking the 'capstone' class this semester, which mainly involves this business strategy game http://www.bsg-online.com/ . (you and a group form a company and have to make all the relevant decisions/compete with your class and other universities) . Everyone says the class is hell and the workload drives you insane, especially if you take any other classes or work . I know there is work in addition to this game/simulation, so I'm not sure if the class is hell because of the game, or just this specific instructor who adds on an insane workload on top of it. Anyone ever participated before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco72 Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 What school are you at? I've played the BSG and currently teach it. Not much advice on it except to put your time in and read the Players Guide. The best thing you can do is have a solid strategy to start out and make minor adjustments rather than get halfway through and realize your strategy sucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 QUOTE(Disco72 @ Jan 20, 2008 -> 09:37 AM) The best thing you can do is have a solid strategy to start out and make minor adjustments rather than get halfway through and realize your strategy sucks. Too bad Ozzie and K-Dub didn't realize that last season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
santo=dorf Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 I heard the same thing about my capstone project (in Mechanical Engineering) about how demanding and how it's like working a full-time job, but it wasn't bad at all. The final 30+ page paper sucked, but looking back it's actually pretty close to real work experience. Sit around with a bunch of guys for multiple hours and bs for awhile and put together powerpoints for people clueless on the subject. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 These sorts of projects and classes are a b**** for the marginal students, and usually not to bad for students with some organizational and study skills. Rarely have a heard of one that was a huge leap from what was expected in other classes alkong with the way. It was a tying together and a logical next step. I also think it catches some people off guard who may have though they would be coasting their last semester. You got to wait until the diploma is in hand to exhale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3 BeWareTheNewSox 5 Posted January 23, 2008 Author Share Posted January 23, 2008 Meh, 30 pages is nothing Had that for an elective last semester and easily went over that limit. Not that it was a breeze, but yeah, wish that was my last hurdle QUOTE(Disco72 @ Jan 20, 2008 -> 09:37 AM) What school are you at? I've played the BSG and currently teach it. Not much advice on it except to put your time in and read the Players Guide. The best thing you can do is have a solid strategy to start out and make minor adjustments rather than get halfway through and realize your strategy sucks. Roosevelt. The class doesn't start until next week, but we got the guide emailed to us, about 10 pages through, my head hurts already. Again though, don't have a syllabus yet, so not sure if it's just this game or if things are added on to it that make it really bad (supposedly you're in trouble if you're working and still bad if you're taking other classes). Also just got an email to clear up a Saturday for an 'all-day boot camp' relating to this game. I guess it relates to practice before it goes live? That's the thing that kind of annoys me though. I know the school won't jump out at anyone on a job interview, but I get good grades and have been challenged every semester. Not every prof is great, but everyone's got good industry background (some former CFO's of public companies, and alumni of good schools like NW or University of Chicago. end school advertisement). Just a few more months of hell I guess, then I can really test the rep QUOTE(Texsox @ Jan 20, 2008 -> 10:05 AM) These sorts of projects and classes are a b**** for the marginal students, and usually not to bad for students with some organizational and study skills. Rarely have a heard of one that was a huge leap from what was expected in other classes alkong with the way. It was a tying together and a logical next step. I also think it catches some people off guard who may have though they would be coasting their last semester. You got to wait until the diploma is in hand to exhale. Yeah, I know it's not going to be breeze, and I am good with the work, organization, and all that. It's the other students I worry about and don't always trust. Not sure how the grade is measured, or how reliant it's going to be on others, but the whole thing is basically a small group thing where each person has some "big position" in the company. Plus, it's a school where there's a lot of older people and the working crowd, so I know a lot of people have a lot less time commitment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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