The 50K Business Plan Competition is the biggest among top schools and is completely student organized. You can organize it and enter it. The classrooms are modern and very nice. You will meet good people who work very hard. When you work hard, you learn more.
Time is scarce.
It's hard to be involved in any extracurricular activities during the first semester because you are too busy. If you're married, it can be difficult for your spouse. My wife found a teaching job in Concord, but it's not what she really wants. She is sacrificing her career for me right now. Take 350 people, who are all used to finishing first, put them at the same school, and somebody isn't No. 1 anymore.