6058 miles away

我為自己列出了以下的書單，希望能在入學前作一個簡單的preview。
已經有心理準備會讀不完，初期設在財務會計／商業統計／財務管理　三門硬課程為預習重點
接著會是個經/IB/SCM/MS等科目
聽說MBA的進度非常快，很多時候也都是自己要預習，讀一大堆東西，基礎先打好很重要，省得第一個quarter搞得跟大一上學期一樣，課業外什麼都想要顧，都偏偏課業在此時是最重的時刻。

基於工作之因，我十分有自信的可以說，以下的書單絕對是各科目中的佼佼者，大部份的教材是大學部的用書，作為Pre-MBA預習之用十分適合，我的一些心得寫在下方，

Kieso / Financial Accounting: tools for business decision making
(Fantastic chosen chapters for MBA students, do not get in touch with accouting principle if you're not going to focus on accounting or finance in future career.)

Anderson / Statistics for Business and Economics

Mankiw / Principles of Economics: Microeconomics
(Tons of famous professor are writting ECO 101 BOOK, even Krugman is writing an Economics book for college students. However, trust me, Mankiw will be the one for your self-study.)

Ross / Essntials of Corporate Finance
(The masterpiece by MIT's Ross is indispensible, select the essential edition for preview rather than the complete edition, you don't have that much time, anyway.)

Bygrave / Entrepreneurship
(Speaking of Entrpreneurship, I must be out of my mind if I pass Bygrave & Zacharakis, two professors from Babson! Chapter 1 may be somewhat tedious, start from ch. 2, you will find the wonderful side of entrepreneurship with this title)

Perreault / Basic Marketing
(Kotler's books is somewhat boring to me, if you have no idea about marketing, start with Armstrong & Kolter: Marketing: An Introduction. If you are like me, already equipped with aboundant of MKTG ideas in mind, then you may try Perreaut's masterpiece.)

Ulrich / Supply Chain Management
(Another breed of MIT professor.)

Hill / International Business
(Hill is one professor in UW!!! Don't miss this one if your interest lies in general management, MKTG, and IB, of course. )

Hillier / Intro. to Mgmt. Science
（Hillier in UW, too!!! Management Science is the very essential skill for MBA student, get in touch with it as  early as possble.） 

Keller / Strategic Brand Management
(Bible in branding, but this book is quite advance in fact. You better have background in consumer behavior first. I may not have time to preview this one before orientation, I think... If your major will not be marketing, pass it.)

Grant / Contemporary Strategy Analysis
(Hill's strategic management will be the first choice if you have no pieces of basic idea about what stategy is all about. Otherwise, try Grant!)

Malkiel / A Random Walk Down Wall Street
(Not a textbook, but strong recommended with tons of people~)

Bodie / Essentials of Investment
(Again, if you are ambitious of going to Wall St., maybe you need to buy the complete version. For preview, I believe the essential version is quite enough.)

Lehmann / Product Management
(The hidden smart choice for marketing student! NYU professor Lehmann did a decent job on this book. If  you possess some experiences as a product manager, you'll recognize the solid side of this book. )

Hoyer / Consumer Behavior
(You may choose EKB model-centered textbook in the beginning. I'll recommend this one instead, anyway. )

Krajaski / Operation Management
(One highly adopted and recoommened textbook, but I really have no idea about it yet.)