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By: Heath Row and Ilan GreenbergWed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:05 AM
Getting into business school is the easy part. Now comes the hard part: hardwiring your personal tool kit of learning technologies. Here's what to pack.

Campus Networking: Former copresident of Sloan's mediaTech Club and founder of Sloan's E-Commerce Awards competition.

First-Year Advice: Most of us didn't use cash. We used plastic and bought online. So a credit card is a critical tool in anyone's briefcase. To compare interest rates, annual fees, and benefits of bank cards, log on to the Credit Card Rates Guide (www.asque.com/credcard.htm).

Name: Bob Dreyer, second year, Harvard Business School

In Beta: Worked at Intel for nearly 12 years, where he was part of the team that developed the Pentium processor.

Campus Networking: A member of HBS's High-Tech and New Media Club.

First-Year Advice: You should be able to make Excel sing -- before you start classes. You should know how to total up the columns and make a graph based on the data in the spreadsheet; if you're given a financial scenario for Amazon, you should be able to use Excel to see how changes in that scenario can affect Amazon's bottom line.

From Issue 27 | August 1999

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