From spending more time with classmates to venturing outside their comfort zones, four Goizueta MBA graduates share what they’d differently if they could experience business school all over again.
It is easy to ask successful graduates what went right.
A more revealing question might be what they would change.
For Ginger (Abblitt) Rondinelli 26MBA, Jasmine King 26MBA, Michael Coyne 26MBA and Sean Titus 26MBA, the end of their Goizueta MBA experience offered an opportunity to reflect not only on achievements, classes, and career milestones, but also on the choices they might approach differently if they could start again.
Their answers are notable for what they don’t contain. None describes a major regret. Instead, each focuses on an opportunity at the edges of an already demanding MBA experience: more time with classmates, deeper peer learning, less attention to grades, or greater willingness to explore an unfamiliar subject.
Those reflections may be particularly useful for students still deciding how to spend their own limited time in business school.
Responses have been edited for length and clarity.
Ginger (Abblitt) Rondinelli: Say Yes More Often
Hometown: Atlanta, Georgia
Before Goizueta: Retail Marketing Manager, Oldcastle APG
After graduation: Undecided
Looking back over your MBA experience, what is the one thing you’d do differently and why?
I would have said yes to more shared experiences outside the classroom. The MBA year moves fast, and while classes and projects matter, the strongest relationships tend to form during longer stretches of time together. Travel, group trips, and even extended time working on projects create space for real conversations and connection in a way that short interactions between classes rarely do.
There were moments when I was tired and chose to stay in rather than join something with classmates. Looking back, those were missed opportunities. The relationships you build during an MBA are one of the most valuable parts of the experience, and those bonds tend to form when you spend meaningful time together, not just sitting next to each other in class.
If I could do it again, I would prioritize more of those moments.
Jasmine King: Create More Opportunities to Learn From One Another
Hometown: Buffalo, New York
Before Goizueta: Pivot Precision
After graduation: CEO of Pivot Precision while finishing her MD at The Ohio State University
King’s combination of academic achievement, leadership and work across medicine and business also earned her national recognition: Poets&Quants featured her among its 2026 Best & Brightest MBAs.
Looking back over your MBA experience, what is the one thing you’d do differently and why?
Listening to my classmates and their experiences represented the greatest source of learning. The natural diversity within our cohort, spanning clinical medicine, consulting, finance, operations, and entrepreneurship, created an extraordinary opportunity to deepen one another’s understanding of healthcare from multiple vantage points.
While initiatives through the Healthcare Fellows program provided valuable touchpoints, I believe we could have cultivated more intentional forums for shared learning. Organizing structured case discussions, peer-led workshops, or small-group dialogues pairing clinicians with business-focused classmates could have further illuminated the operational realities behind clinical decisions and the financial frameworks shaping health systems.
As someone moving between medicine and business, I saw firsthand how powerful these exchanges could be. Creating more deliberate mechanisms to harness that collective expertise would have enriched the educational experience and better mirrored the interdisciplinary collaboration required in modern healthcare leadership.
Michael Coyne: Remember That Grades Aren’t Everything
Hometown: Golden, Colorado
Before Goizueta: Project Manager, DAI Global
After graduation: Consultant, Bain & Company
Looking back over your MBA experience, what is the one thing you’d do differently and why?
I’d try to focus less on grades and more on some extracurricular commitments. I believe good business leaders should consider ways their work can impact and serve broader communities, and I think there were ways I could have been more involved in some of Goizueta’s programs that engage local entrepreneurs and organizations to support the Atlanta community overall.
I feel like I’ve gotten a great education at Goizueta, but I could have challenged myself more to remember that grades aren’t everything.
Sean Titus: Venture Farther Outside the Comfort Zone
Hometown: Washington, D.C.
Before Goizueta: Senior Analyst – Inventory Strategy & Solutions, The Home Depot
After graduation: Consultant, Boston Consulting Group
Looking back over your MBA experience, what is the one thing you’d do differently and why?
If I could do one thing differently during this experience, I would have taken more finance classes. There were a number of classes that covered topics I had never heard of, and I was a bit unsure about going that far out of my comfort zone.
I feel like I missed out on some great course content and learning from some incredible members of our faculty who I have heard nothing but great things about.
The Experiences That Don’t Appear on a Transcript
MBA students spend enormous energy choosing courses, preparing for recruiting, managing team projects, and making sure the work gets done. Yet when these four graduates look back, several of the opportunities they wish they had pursued more fully are difficult to measure on a transcript.
Together, their reflections suggest that making the most of business school does not necessarily mean doing more of everything. Sometimes it means recognizing which opportunities are unlikely to come around again—and saying yes while they are still there.
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