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Kellogg Pre-Orientation Trip: KWEST Mystery Trip

One of the most important things about going to business school is getting to know your classmates. That not only means meetings as many people as possible but it also means getting to know them well. That means being with them in an atmosphere for extended periods, sharing meaningful experiences together, and where not just talking about professional experiences, but instead getting to know what they are interested in personally.  Most top business schools do a good job at facilitating those relationships. And at Kellogg, the first way we do that is on our pre-orientation trip with students, called KWEST.

In two weeks, on August 21, most of the incoming students at Kellogg will take off to different places all over the world with classmates and some significant others to experience what’s called KWEST (Kellogg Worldwide Experiences and Service Trips). KWEST is one of the most popular activities at Kellogg, and all KWEST trips happen during the week just before orientation, and they are organized and executed entirely by students, as most things are at Kellogg.

“Ask almost any Kellogg student about KWEST and you’ll hear the same thing. That KWEST was one of the best experiences of at Kellogg. In sum, each trip offers an amazing outdoor adventure, a chance to contribute to communities by community service,  and the opportunity to bond with other incoming students. That might happen while hiking in Norway, scuba diving in Belize, lounging by the pool in the Caribbean or going “who knows where” on the Mystery Trip.”

Numerically speaking, I was one of the lucky ones, and I’ll personally headed on the Mystery Trip for the week. In years past, the Mystery Trip has gone to Malaysia, New Zealand, and Dubai, but this year, like in years past, the students don’t have much of an idea where we will end up before we actually go.

In addition to being a great way to see the world and meet a few dozen classmates, these trips are also a way that Kellogg showcases its teamwork orientation. After all, consider the size of the group and roster of activities each of the trips have.  You travel with interesting and diverse group of classmates, who have never met before and who are from different geographies, have work experience in different fields, and have a  unique set of talents. There will certainly be moments where you learn from each other, help each other, and probably maybe even disagree on things.  It will definitely be interesting to see who ends up on my trip.

The only thing more interesting than that will be finally uncovering the location of the mystery trip, and seeing which part of the world we end up in.

Stay tuned to figure out our Mystery destination.

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