Shanghai – last day

I began today with a final interview at 10:00 this morning. Today’s prospective candidate, Laura, was as strong and as enthusiastic as many I met yesterday. She came to meet with me early this morning to talk about Baruch and her application for fall 2012. When we finished, she had to run to get to work.
After catching up on some emails, we decided to spend the afternoon doing a bit of sightseeing. We visited Yu Garden – a place we passed last year but never had time to go into. According to Wikipedia, the garden was established in 1559 as a private garden. Over the years, the garden fell into disrepair; the wars of the 19th and early 20th century caused much damage. However, in the late 1950s the Shanghai government repaired Yu Garden and it is now considered a national monument.
We leave tomorrow to travel to Taipei. The QS World MBA Fair will open there at 6:00 pm tomorrow.