August 17–21, 2026

In today’s highly competitive job market, early preparation matters. ACE Week is an immersive, week-long experience designed to help you get a head start by building essential quantitative skills, developing the career foundations needed for a successful internship search, and connecting with the timely campus resources that support academic and recruiting success.

Lunch is provided daily.

Schedule overview:

Monday August 17
8:30am – 9:00am Check In
9:00am – 9:30am Welcome Session
9:30am – 10:30am Your Career in 5 Sentences
10:30am – 11:00am AM BREAK
11:00am – 12:30pm Resumes That Get Read
12:30pm – 1:30pm Lunch & PM Check In
1:30pm – 3:00pm Need to know: Advising, Electives & Your Academic Roadmap
3:00pm – 3:30pm PM BREAK
3:30pm – 5:00pm Your MBA Tech Stack: Essential Systems for MBA Life
Tuesday August 18
8:30am – 9:00am Check In
9:00am – 10:30am Excel Foundations
10:30am – 11:00am AM BREAK
11:00am – 12:30pm Data & Decisions: Statistics Essential Primer Part 1 (of 2)
12:30pm – 1:30pm Lunch & PM Check In
1:30pm – 3:00pm Your Internship Odyssey Part 1
3:00pm – 3:30pm PM BREAK
3:30pm – 5:00pm Your Internship Odyssey Part 1
Wednesday August 19
8:30am – 9:00am Check In
9:00am – 10:30am The AI-fluent MBA: Your Path to Mastery Part 1
10:30am – 11:00am AM BREAK
11:00am – 12:30pm The AI-fluent MBA: Your Path to Mastery Part 2
12:30pm – 1:30pm Lunch & PM Check In
1:30pm – 3:00pm Your Internship Odyssey Part 2&3
3:00pm – 3:30pm PM BREAK
3:30pm – 5:00pm Your Internship Odyssey Part 2&3
Thursday August 20
8:30am – 9:00am Check In
9:00am – 10:30am Data & Decisions: Statistics Essential Primer Part 2 (of 2)
10:30am – 11:00am AM BREAK
11:00am – 12:30pm Excel skills for Statistics
12:30pm – 1:30pm Lunch & PM Check In
1:30pm – 3:00pm Networking for Success
3:00pm – 3:30pm PM BREAK
3:30pm – 5:00pm Networking for Success
Friday August 21
8:30am – 9:00am Check In
9:00am – 10:30am Plug in Early, Stay Ahead
10:30am – 11:00am AM BREAK
11:00am – 12:30pm Plug in Early, Stay Ahead
12:30pm – 1:30pm Lunch & PM Check In
1:30pm – 5:00pm Free time

Closer to the start of NSO we will provide more detailed workshop descriptions and information about the flow of the week.