MBA WOMEN'S WEEKEND 2025
JUNE 7 | NEW YORK CITY, NY
Sparrey Consulting Group's Sixth Annual Women's Weekend is a day-long experience full of personal & professional development workshops and networking opportunities with peers entering leading MBA programs in Fall 2025.
You will leave the weekend with clear, established goals for your MBA, deep confidence in your ability to achieve them, and a cohort of women who will encourage you to achieve great things throughout your MBA.
EVENT DETAILS
JUN 6-EVENING
OPTIONAL: MEET & GREET AND COCKTAILS
JUN 7-
DAY
MAIN SESSIONS
JUN 7-EVENING
REFLECTIONS
AND
DINNER
OUR PROGRAMMING
The Women's Weekend sessions are centered around building deep relationships between you and your peers, including:
TEAM BUILDING AND INTRODUCTIONS
Get to know your peers at other schools to magnify your network
DEFINING YOUR VISION
Where do you see yourself in 10 years? This session will jumpstart your specific vision and provide support and partners to make it a reality
TAKING STOCK BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS
A thorough review of your strengths, skills, risks, and vulnerabilities
PREPARING FOR MBA REALITIES
From imposter syndrome to how to say "no" (or "absolutely, yes!") to managing relationships in school, we'll cover practical topics related to the student experience
CREATING YOUR OWN LUCK
Plan to excel in your two years of school, set goals that you’re inspired by, and prepare to hit the ground running
ALUMNI PANELS
You will have the opportunity to hear from and ask questions of previous Women’s Weekend Alumni from HBS, GSB, Wharton, Kellogg, and other top ten schools
SAMPLE MAIN SESSION AGENDA
8:00-9:15AM
9:15-9:45AM
9:45-10:30AM
10:30-10:45AM
10:45-11:30AM
11:30-12:00PM
Working breakfast/brunch
Team building and introductions: get to know your MBA cohort
Team building output: what do people remember?
Take stock before school starts: conduct a thorough review of your strengths, skills, risks, and vulnerabilities
Break
Prepare for MBA realities: consider the possibilities of your degree
Catered lunch
Networking in groups
12:00-1:15PM
1:15-2:15PM
2:45-3:30PM
3:30-4:00PM
5:30-6:30PM
Discuss your goals and defining your vision
Set effective habits: personal wellness and a health break
Revisit prioritization exercise: consider how much you want to add to your plate
Revisit assets and goals
Wrap-up: How can this group best help each other going forward?
Distribution of gifts
Dinner
"I really enjoyed the Women's Conference because it helped me with reflection and goal setting for business school...articulating my goals to a new group of women forced me to rethink what was really important to me and to devise some tactical ways to achieve those goals."
- HBS Alumna