tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57775242011-04-21T23:45:59.937-04:00Yalebound with no money in my pocketluvshackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17742609129057093362noreply@blogger.comBlogger1121100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777524.post-1100242969935444432004-11-12T01:51:00.000-05:002004-11-12T02:02:49.936-05:00

You know you've gotta give it to the faculty here at SOM. I've often heard fellow MBA students talk about how the profs for their different classes really don't know what the students are learning in the rest of the classes. While this may not seem relevant and a necessary thing to do for the most part, it can help when you are taking core classes and certain topics seem to overlap. So case in

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Mid Terms : They came, they saw, and they conquered! Exams started on a Monday and ended on Friday with one exam per day. Second years got the entire week off!! Can't wait till next year! Here's how I fared -- of course no grades at SOM means I don't feel obliged to reveal my performance! ;) Stats: Suprisingly my worst exam. I guess getting an A+ in undergrad didn't really help here! Finance:

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The profs are keeping busy through meaningful dialogue.... Meet some of our senior esteemed faculty at SOM... http://www.som.yale.edu/faculty/ehk1/wazup@som3.mov So so wierd...

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In 1 hour I'll be sitting in a classroom with a few hundred fellow comrades wondering why the hell I'm paying $120K to subject myself to the sheer mental brutality of mid-terms....4.5 years is the gap between the last mid-term and this one....so one mid-term a day for the next 5 days. The great thing though is that the unlike undergrad years, the admin actually sympathizes with us during exam

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Last evening as I sat around with my study group discussing the ins and outs of our Finance HW, we started talking about the general atmoshpere in school around mid-terms. For the last week or so I had been feeling that people in this school take studies too seriously....meaning the average classmate is so worried about mid-terms that the standard response I had been hearing was "oh, I'll get

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I've really started appreciating Yahoo! Launch's streamline music since starting at SOM. There's nothing like a guaranteed flow of great soothing music while you're working on that freaking accounting problem at 3 in the morning or trying to read through some dense material on why the strategic environment of a certain era had the undesirable consequences. My study groupmates also enjoy the

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List of countries represented in the Yale SOM student body: Afghanistan Albania Argentina Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso Canada China Eritrea Finland France Germany Ghana Greece Honk Kong Hungary India Ireland Israel Italy Japan Kenya Korea Lithuania Malaysia Mexico Nigeria Pakistan Peru Russia Singapore Spain Switzerland Taiwan Turkey United Kingdom United States Uruguay

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So mid-terms begin in about 10 days. For some reason today on my way to Crew practice the whole academics aspect of things hit me. Kinda freaked me out. Good thing that we had an extra long practice today. The exercise definitely helped me chill out. Kinda feels nice to have been done with HW for tomorrow...and it's only half-past midnight!! Now I can actually get 5 hours of sleep and hit the

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I got back from a fun-filled weekend in New York this evening. And now reality has suddenly kicked in... 4 Homeworks due tomorrow and a bunch of readings and other HWs for the rest of the week...argh.. also starting my part-time job this week which will take up 10 hours of my time...that's 10 extra hours of stuff compared to the prior weeks....shit shit shit!!! Also got to attend a host of

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Things are moving so fast right now. Thursday marks the end of a hectic week with frequently "sleeping" at 5am or later, only to wake up and attend an 8:15am class, after showering, shaving, and getting into business casuals for an 11:30am corporate presentation. Yep, things are definitely moving fast. The one thing I value most now is my time. I can't afford to waste time being inefficient

luvshackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17742609129057093362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777524.post-1096531585314821362004-09-30T03:41:00.000-04:002004-09-30T04:06:25.313-04:00

Aah, where do I begin. Today marks exactly 1 month since I started attending Yale's SOM. What a ride it already has been!! I don't even know where to begin sharing my experience till date. I think one way to dissect the last month is to look at things in terms of expectations. I spent 10 minutes on the B-Week forums. It's amazing how the same conversations and topics from last year seem are

luvshackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17742609129057093362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777524.post-1089952182629741152004-07-15T23:57:00.000-04:002004-07-16T00:29:42.630-04:00

In less than 2 weeks I head back to the US.  It's been one hell of a summer full of surprises and while I had all these plans to prepare myself for MBA school, I guess it's going to come down to the mini-courses and orientation leading up to the first day of classes, beginning Aug 30th.   Yesterday I took an online accounting exam as part of an exercise to get placed in the appropriate class

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I'm getting engaged at the end of the month. I've promised myself to stay in a drunken stupor till then to lessen the blow..hic..

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One of these days, hopefully today, I should sit down and write down a timeline for all the random stuff I need to take care of as part of the paperwork and preparation to attend Yale in the Fall. 1. Accounting H.W. -- Got a package from Yale about 10 days ago with a coursepack and a CD along with instructions to complete an online test by July 1st. After briefing looking at the material, I've

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When you prepare all the documents and other paperwork for your U.S. visa application, being particular about the details is of paramount importance. A little thing here and there can put a hitch in the whole process. On a day when the mercury rose to a sweltering 104 Deg F made worse by a humidity level of 70%, I felt like I was in some modern day drama. As the morning progressed, I was left

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I have my visa appointment tomorrow morning at 9:30 local time. I guess I am lucky to get an appointment on such short notice (recd it only day before yesterday). Looking at the appointment calendar at the US Consulate in Calcutta, I found no other dates for the month of May. The earliest available date after the 19th of May was sometime in mid-June! I guess the reason for such a rush for visas

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Wow. It's been a while since I’ve posted anything yet again. So much has happened in the past 6 weeks. After quitting my job in New York, I moved to India undecided on the whole MBA thing for several reasons. I felt that moving to India would be a good way for me to give this issue some more thought and maybe look at it from a different perspective. Over the last 3 weeks of being home,

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Today's the first day after my last day at work yesterday. And what have I been doing...absolutely nothing!! Just nothing!! I came back somewhat inebriated last night and woke up at 3am with my head pounding. Stayed awake till 6am for some reason reading and surfing the net. Then went back to sleep only to wake up at 8. Took a shower and was getting ready for work when I realized, I didn't

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Columbia rendered its decision and heaved a might "NO!" That settles the score then -- 1/6 -- 0/5 to all schools I reapplied to -- somehow bursts the bubble of having a better shot as a reapplicant -- of course, my application could have just sucked big time this time as well...

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Aah, it's so good to see another successful member of the blog community!! Congratus FMG, that's one kick-ass development!! :) It's been quite a journey for so many of us and it's a great feeling to smell the sweet taste of success at the end of it all!!

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So I'm finally at the home stretch. After spending 2.5 years with this organization, I'm finally hanging up my boots and calling it a day, or maybe a summer! This last week is crazy -- things are beginning to fall into place though -- I finally have a replacement who will be able to take over my accounts almost immediately; however, with leaving comes transition -- and transition is always a

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Friday, April 16 12:00 - 3:00 Registration in Horchow Hall & Student Interest Groups (SIG) Reception 3:00 Dean's Welcome 4:00 Faculty Presentation 5:00 Faculty Reception - GM Room 7:30 Dinner at a New Haven restaurant 9:00 Party sponsored by Latin SIG Saturday, April 17 9:00 - 9:30 Continental Breakfast 9:30 -10:45 Student Panels - housing, student life, etc. 11:00 - 11:15

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It's 2 months since I applied to Columbia. I've been on pending decision mode for the last 6 weeks -- PATHETIC -- those guys really don't seem to have their shit together --- not a word from them -- complete silence -- just bloody reject me or waitlist me or accept or get me to an interview -- freaking idiots. Enough venting...

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I've been coming closing to figuring out financing for the whole MBA. I now have a letter in hand along with financial documents that prove that I can fund the entire MBA. This way I can atleast get the I-20 form and start working on the F-1 visa process. I wonder what my chances are of getting a visa. Since '96 I've gone from an F-1 to H-1 to J-1 to H-1 and now I'll be going back to an F-1!

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I'm always fascinated by how people react when I tell them that I might be attending Yale this Fall for an MBA. Just a few days ago, I was sitting with the HR Directors of a Fortune 500 firm, a client of ours, that has been facing a lot of customer service issues. As the primary account manager, I was attending this meeting to address their concerns and figure out a way of alleviating the

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Things have been so busy that I haven't blogged for a whole week!! Damn!! I need some of this blog stuff to keep me going! Let's see, I've was in Chicago over the weekend visiting jeamish and madrishi, both friends of mine since the Ice Age! The three of us regularly meet up every 3-5 months and we have the most amazing conversations, interspersed with several not-so-amazing conversations! For

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Work is such a drag. It is so incredibly difficult to stay motivated and charged up for work knowing that this is the final month. As March kicked in my mind shut down at work. I am supposed to be working and transitioning a host of stuff to the new person, but we don't have a new person yet. Instead I'm eagerly reading "Snapshots from hell - The Making of an MBA." I'm meeting a Yale admit

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The last few days have been good in terms of the prospect of going to Yale. I've more or less secured about 50% of the total cost of the MBA. That leaves me with about 60K to worry about. I'm thinking that 55K should come from the Yale GATE Loan plan -- that leaves me with about $5000, chump change considering the whole thing costs about 120K. I think the next step would be to draw out a

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The Blue Devils slammed the door on my face :( 1 to go. So far 1/1 with new schools and 0/4 with reapps... 1 to go ---> Columbia

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Mark and Jie, the new bloggers on the block, are kicking-butt. Their story begins with them kicking butt!! It's pretty cool to come across such success stories. More power to our league! :)

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I must say that it was pretty cool to get all the encouraging comments from the fellow bloggers and a few others!! After reading them, the one message that comes across loud and clear is - - "WAIT! Don't decline it till you have to!" I do agree. It would be somewhat brash of me to let such a good opportunity slip by. Maybe I should start a random website and ask people for donations! Nah!!

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After exchanging several emails with the financial-aid office at Yale and after speaking to a few current international students at Yale, I realized that I just won't be able to finance the MBA education there. At Yale I can get a maxium of $55,000 through their Yale SOM GATE program -- $20,000 in year one and $35,000 in year two. I explored other options -- 1. Personal savings -- what savings

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Yep, pretty disappointed of getting the ding with Wharton. I felt I had a pretty good shot, but then so do most people who apply to the schools. Thanks for all the supportive comments. It's tough at times to deal with the rejections. Sorry to hear that fellow bloggers Trip and Naveen also got the dings. So down to 2 schools now - Duke, which releases decisions next week, and Columbia that is

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The unfortunate ding came knocking on my door this morning..so long! :(

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It's good to see fellow bloggers getting through the interviews and moving a step closer towards the big "YES!" Trip interviewed with Yale recently. He's not too sure about how his interview went. I think interviewers tend to go better than you think they do. If you have doubts, ask jeamish who got into Wharton after what he considered to be a horrendous interview. Future MBA Girl interviewed

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Can't sleep. Already having sleepless nights over the prospect of taking on a $120K loan. Must admit that I've never taken on a loan before so this is kind of a new experience for me. Finaid has a useful Loan Calculator that allows you to see a payment schedule based on your interest rate, principal, and years of payment. According to this calculator, I would need to earn a little over $120K

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Application Submission Date: October 15, 2003 Application Fee Received: Yes Application Fee Date: October 15, 2003 Application Status: Complete Round 2 Yep! They finally found my Recommendation and now the status has been changed to COMPLETE! :) Only took 4 months or so from the time I submitted the application. I'm just happy it's complete. I know that a lot of people have been frantically

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I was browsing through the new students admit website. I found an organization on-campus dedicated to providing incoming students with the Inside Scoop (name of the club) on life as a business student at Yale. It looks a little outdated but is still quite handy. Click here.

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Had a good conversation with the lady in the Admissions Office. She understood my situation and sympathized that I had submitted my app back in Oct but was waiting for the 1 recommendation. If I get the recommendation emailed to her by Monday, she will put in a note in my file and forward it to be considered for R2!!! Now i've gotta track down my recommender who has a habit of traveling to 2

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If I was superstitious in any way, I'd be convinced by now that Wharton is just not meant to be! I heard back from the Admissions Office this morning informing me that they couldn't locate my DHL package which has the recommendation in it! So as a result, they have requested another copy of the same --- GREAT! As it is i took me a little over 5 months to get the bloody recommendation. And now

luvshackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17742609129057093362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777524.post-1076589626821277632004-02-12T07:40:00.000-05:002004-02-12T07:42:15.530-05:00

The application status has moved from "Received" to "Pending Decision." It'll probably take another 3 weeks or so from now to hear anything from them....

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So the recommendation is now sitting in the Admissions Office.....somewhere....they don't exactly know where just yet! I received an email from Wharton late last week, asking me to submit my 2nd Reco or else they would have to push me to R3...interesting....However, I had already sent them a paper copy of the reco via DHL last week and they should have had in their office early last week. So

luvshackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17742609129057093362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777524.post-1076342072389408232004-02-09T10:54:00.000-05:002004-02-09T10:56:17.810-05:00

...as far as funding for internationals is concerned, if u havent been offered scholarship (which r very limited for internationals), then the only help from yale would be around 55K loan without needing any US cosigner ( and this is a big support considering that internatioals generally dont get loans without US cosigners)....rest of the funding u will have to manage from your personal sources..

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This is how they do it. So today i went from "In Process" to "Received." Hopefully the next step will be "Pending" and not "Incomplete." In Process Received Incomplete* Pending Invited to interview* Complete* Final Decision is Rendered Off Ice-Fishing today for a long weekend -- little fish, lots of ice and lots of beer! :)

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hmm..I submitted the Columbia app on the 15th of Jan -- they say that it takes about 3 weeks to put all the materials together. I'm nearing that 3 week timeline. Hopefully it will turn to complete and "Under Review" or whatever terminology they use for the next step in the process.

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Well, here is what Alex of the Adcom at Wharton has to say... OK, this will come up a few times so want to give perhaps a more general answer for others. apply R3 this year versus R1 next year ? advantages of applying R3 this year a. you can get admitted this year, its certainly not impossible, and with application numbers down this year, this may translate into a few more admits from r3 (

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Interesting perspective about Yale from the "Ask Sandy" forum Its a no go, here. Although Yale b school. is up and coming, and its "brand" could certainly help it, in addition to brand, you need to talk about market for that brand. What applicants care most about in b school "brand" is its power over recruiters [short term], future hiring agents [medium term] and associates, allies, future

luvshackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17742609129057093362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777524.post-1075782498300863522004-02-02T23:28:00.000-05:002004-02-02T23:29:57.606-05:00

After spending the last few weeks in anticipation about my admissions status at Kellogg and Yale, I now find myself with more than 3 weeks at hand before I start hearing from any other school. For now Duke is slated to release the decisions on the 26th of this month. In the meanwhile though, I will be keeping my fingers crossed to get a call from Columbia for an interview. Of course, with my

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FNALLY sent out the Wharton reco to the adcom today !! Now the clock will tick - - till freaking May

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There's a pretty interesting discussion going on in the B-week forum that addresses the Prestige Factor of various schools - this goes beyond how good a bschool is. Rather it looks at the overall package -- when you mention a school's name, what sort of response does it evoke from the layman... Over the weekend, it was interesting how word spread among my social circle that I had been admitted

luvshackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17742609129057093362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777524.post-1075657320015305512004-02-01T12:42:00.000-05:002004-02-01T12:43:37.686-05:00

Good to know ===================================== From: KELLIEJO1 11:59 am To: Luvshack (SIRLUVSHACK) (696 of 699) 35534.696 in reply to 35534.693 Not my knowledge. Most of the 1st years I talked to said things are definitely picking up this year! There are a ton of companies that are coming to campus, and some are coming back that have not been around in years. Also, even

luvshackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17742609129057093362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777524.post-1075623070708160422004-02-01T03:11:00.000-05:002004-02-01T03:12:48.390-05:00

So I was talking to a friend who is attending the 2-year program at Columbia. He was pretty stressed about not being able to get summer internships. Apparently, a lot of students at CBS this year have had a tough time getting the internships. Kinda weird and worrying....

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So this has been one of the more active Fridays in a while! Started off at 7am with an early breakfast with my mentor who I haven't seen in 10 months or so. It was a really good conversation. He helps me get my thoughts together on important issues and at this point where I'm trying to make some career choices, he has been particularly helpful. Gotta get to know a few more people like him...

luvshackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17742609129057093362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777524.post-1075472341218766142004-01-30T09:19:00.000-05:002004-01-30T09:20:37.060-05:00

and they said that I had been admitted to the Yale SOM !! :) What a relief and what a weekend do I have planned for myself!! :))

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Good night wintery sky. I hope tomorrow brings with a cause for rejoicing and a much needed break in a long time. Probably the hardest part in the whole application process has been the wait, especially when it comes down to the wire.

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yeah Yale definitely has been on my mind this week, especially after receiving a ding email from Kellogg on Monday. I'm really hoping that i can go into the weekend on a high note -- imagine the consequences --- TWO reasons to really get drunk -- Super Bowl weekend AND admission to Yale! Well, at least that's the thought that's been going through my head. But then, Yale sends out this really

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Hybrid (the Yale adcom person on the Bweek forum) had the following post today.... From: HYBRID141 4:59 pm To: KISMETTT (764 of 765) 49503.764 in reply to 49503.763 This is correct. Some denies did go out earlier, but then we held off after discovering a internal technical problem. We still have a small number of decisions left to make. So there is still hope!

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"You know what I am oddly not to worried about? Stanford. Not in a I-will-get-in way, but in a no-chance-in-hell-way. When they were announcing the OScar nominations yesterday, I was not nervous at all. I wasn't in the running. If I had been nominated, I'd frankly be very shocked, as the notion hadn't really crossed m mind. Such is my Stanford application. " -- Chunky Pittbull's Blog As

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wow! so much snow --- didn't see too many people in the subway and on the streets in general this morning! They're all snuggled under their blankets enjoying their day off, thanks to the snow -- I have a proposal deadlilne today so no such luck for me. :(

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Those folks are staying pretty quiet in the Adcom at Yale!! With only 3 days left before all the decisions are released, news is still only trickling in (or so it appears based on the forums). I wish the adcom would at least let us know if via the forum whether they were planning on just sending stuff out on Friday. It would increase my productivity at work somewhat, which kinda explains why

luvshackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17742609129057093362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777524.post-1075201218874926402004-01-27T06:00:00.000-05:002004-01-27T06:01:51.856-05:00

It's interesting to read the posts on the B-week forums and think about how different people react to rejections: 1. Some people lose complete control of their emotions and are either quite angry about it or are completely despondent 2. Some people try to tell themselves that the school wasn't that important to them anyway and so in the process try to reduce their level of disappointment 3.

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Less than 1 month left for Duke R2 decisions now. Hopefully Columbia will start sending out regular decision interviews from early next week. The Yale picture will become clear by the end of this week... hopefully sooner rather than later!! I believe my Wharton reco is finally making the auspicious trip to Admissionsville -- woohoo!! 3rd round here I come! :) 0/2 so far. Hopefully it'll be 4/4

luvshackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17742609129057093362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777524.post-1075155864345205172004-01-26T17:24:00.000-05:002004-01-26T17:25:56.466-05:00

If the B-week forums are anything to go by, Yale hasn't announced a slew of decisions as they indicated they would be. Today was supposed to be the day for a bunch of decisions. I guess they must be swamped with a lot of applications and coordinating and separating R1 apps with R2 apps! I predicted that i would either be extremely happy at the end of today or pretty disappointed....I guess I'm

luvshackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17742609129057093362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777524.post-1075142276331485722004-01-26T13:37:00.000-05:002004-01-26T13:39:28.110-05:00

So my elusive recommender is finally sending a hardcopy of the reco to the Adcom today! To provide perspective on this issue, I submitted by app on 10/15/03 -- the R1 deadline. Thanks to him not having sent the reco, I have been pushed to R3 now....frustrating..hell yeah...angry?...getting over it. R3 could be the charm!!

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:(

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Kellogg and maybe Yale....

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I probably should have started researching options for obtaining scholarships a few months ago. However, a posting from jeamish made me realize that now is a very good time to start this search. I carried out some initial research into this issue and it looks like there are a lot of options to look into. The challenge will be to narrow it down to the relevant ones and apply by the deadlines

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I guess other people are pretty nervous about the decisions as well! "This wait is excrutiating... I am forcing myself not to schek status more than once an hour. The hourly routine is - check status, check e-mail, check these boards for any news, wait for teh next hour, repeat." -- BWeek Forum

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Kinda nervous this morning about the whole decision thingie. Yale and Kellogg pronouncing their verdict by Monday....gives me the shivers which is not good in temperatures of 10 F and less! Will be checking the freaking forum all day today...painful painful painful!

luvshackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17742609129057093362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777524.post-1074803685048701862004-01-22T15:34:00.000-05:002004-01-22T15:36:13.090-05:00

From the B-Week Forums: I'm going to have to give very rough numbers, as the figures are changing by the hour--but I can say that as of this morning we had over a quarter but less than a third of Round 1 decisions left to release. Best Regards, Kristen

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yaawn...

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So an Adcom member left a message on the B-Week forums that the next wave of decisions will be sent out next Monday, the 26th. Incidentally, that's the decision deadline for Kellogg!! So i could be feeling really happy or really bummed by the end of that day! :) :(

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Yale I went up to New Haven last Thursday on what was billed as the coldest day of the year so far! Great! Freezed my pants off during the whole trip. The interview with Yale was quite a pleasant experience. I got there early so that I could attend an informal tour conducted by two second-year students. I was quite surprised by how small the business school facilties are. Essentially they

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R1: The Addcom did a preliminary pass of applications and issued interview invites in order to get a number of interviews scheduled and get the process underway. When conducting a more detailed examination, they issued addition interview invites on a case by case basis, but the bulk were sent after a first pass. Since there was a long period of time when interviews could be conducted, they

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====================================== 50874.1 I'm seeing a number of posts where applicants think that because they haven't been invited to interview, they've been dinged or because the online status changed from "completed" to "reviewing," they've been dinged. You are reading too much into the situation. It is not over until the fat lady sings. Where is your confidence? What happened to

luvshackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17742609129057093362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777524.post-1074093236489675442004-01-14T10:13:00.000-05:002004-01-14T10:15:16.576-05:00

Got my Yale interview tomorrow and my Kellogg interview the day after. I'm pretty late in terms of interviewing with them. The decisions for both are supposed to be out within two weeks from today!! Hopefully such a late interview won't have a negative impact on my overall application. I haven't done too much preparation for the Yale interview. I think I'll read my essay a few times and just

luvshackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17742609129057093362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777524.post-1074035945102667462004-01-13T18:19:00.000-05:002004-01-13T18:21:07.326-05:00

So after a 6 week trip I'm back in the office now. Of course the workload is just bloody nuts. :( I've been trying to get done with the whole MBA application thing. Here's what the picture looks like. Decision Timelines: Columbia 93 days Wharton 72 days Duke 44 days Yale 17 days Kellogg 14 days Harvard 8 days I decided not to apply to Stanford and MIT. The good

luvshackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17742609129057093362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777524.post-1069330632402665312003-11-20T07:17:00.000-05:002003-11-20T07:18:35.936-05:00

Spring 2003 grads find that job offers are finally starting to come in Sean Baca was begining to worry. It was late July, and though he had graduated from a top MBA program in June, the 33-year-old former investment manager wasn't finding a job -- and neither was about 30% of his class. With a new baby, Baca and his wife began to wonder how they would make ends meet. Baca had sent his résumé to

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So a few of my good friends are going through the nervousness of interviews or waiting for interview invites. One of my good friends, jeamish had a pretty shitty interview with Wharton unfortunately. He kinda tripped over himself -- happens to the best of us. Another good friend, Ro is still waiting for the Wharton invite though the chances of her getting it are fast approaching 0. On a

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For the past several months I had been planning a week-long trip to the beautiful country of Venezuela. I was scheduled to leave this coming weekend with 5 of my buddies. However, due to certain visa issues, I'm almost certain that I won't be able to go for the trip. It really sucks ass. :( On a differen note, one of my recommenders has still not submitted his recommendation, despite

luvshackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17742609129057093362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777524.post-1068775646136274402003-11-13T21:07:00.000-05:002003-11-13T21:10:01.186-05:00

Just submitted Yale. It's a relief getting another application out of the way! Now I need to mail them my signature form, recommendations, and letter of financial sponsorship (however miniscule that might be!). So here's the scorecard of the applications at the various stages: Applications Submitted (woohoo!!) Kellogg - R1 Yale - R1 Harvard - R1 Applications Ready to be submitted after

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So the good news is that my elusive recommender finally got in touch with me regarding the recos. He says that he will take care of all of them this Friday. I'm keeping my fingers crossed -- I hope he comes through finally!! Its' crunch time yet again! -- fell a little sick yesterday so went home to recuperate. Got a few business calls on my cellphone though and that got me working from home.

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Got some much needed rest last night -- slept 8 hours!! Today, it's back to the hectic schedule with work becoming even more crazy after this past weekend of meetings. I could swear that things are suppose to be getting easier around this time of the year -- if it's any indication of the changing economy, I had a lot of free time on my hands the same time last year! Now, my clients seem to be

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Flew into town early morning after spending a rather tiring, though fun working-weekend at a leadership team meeting. It's fun to interact with the new leadership base of the organization This week is Yale and Columbia time! I could wait for Columbia till January but I really don't want to!! i want to get all this work done now before I head to Venezuela for a much-needed week of vacationing

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Finished Kellogg and submitted!! woohooo!! Now to catch some needed sleep and then wake up in a few hours and go to Detroit for a weekend of meetings... Life is so much fun right now....

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Yep, it's one of those painful days where I know I need to go and work on the essays for Kellogg but I would much rather watch a movie or just do nothing! Going to get out of work early and finish Essay 3 and get up early to work on the 3 short essays for question 4. Definitely going to be in a state of constant drunkenness once all this is said and done....

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So did some work on Kellogg essay 3 this morning -- trying to figure out how to best approach it -- the initial draft is from the view of a reapplicant -- however, when I reread the question asked, it just doesn't appear to be answering the question in a direct manner. The 2nd essay is more or less complete with a few minor changes required. Got to work this weekend so that kind a sucks Next

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going to have a look at it in the evening to revise it...off to a client-site for the day now. Tomorrow morning -- Kellogg Essay 3 -- Initial thoughts on the essay: this is an interesting essay where they ask you to evaluate yourself -- last year i tried touching on a number of points. This year, I'm thinking I can write it from the perspective of a reapplicant. This way i can avoid

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So after a combination of procrastination and working long hours at my job, I'm now a few days away from the Kellogg deadline and I still have to finish essays 2,3 and possibly redo 4 (I'm a reapplicant from last year). Going to get the draft of 2 taken care of today and then work on 3 and 4 over the next few days. Application Deadlines Kellogg -- Nov 7 Yale -- Nov 14 Duke -- Dec 8 (r2)

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Apparently, applications are down 30% in R1 this year, compared to last year In terms of actual numbers: 2002 -- 2500 2003 -- 1700 Interesting stuff.. you can check the thread on the message board

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From the Diary of MBAhopeful "...having been to the world MBA tour fair in London all I can say is - MANY SCHOOLS SUCK....The US schools were the most impressive - not because of flashy stands, or free pens, but because for the most part they were the only ones giving honest(ish) answers to such really tough questions as: "whats recruitment like this year" and "how many recruiters come to visit"

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Really bad timing for work to get even busier. I might have to make frequent trips to Miami to help expand our organization into that market -- it should be a fun project but it's gonna take out precious time I need to work on essays -- gotta drop something to make more time for the essays -- well the plan anyway for this evening is to finish Kellogg Essay 2, review 1 and try and finish Welch's

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Can't say I made too much of a dent into the Kellogg essays :( I started reading Jack Welch's autobiography and got completely engrossed in it. I think it was a worthwhile distraction. Essay goals for this week: 1. Complete Kellogg Essays 2. Complete Yale Essay 3. Complete Columbia essay I think I'm getting a better idea of what to write for Stanford's first essay -- I read all the essays I

luvshackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17742609129057093362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777524.post-1067188253324435642003-10-26T12:10:00.000-05:002003-10-26T12:11:33.973-05:00

From an old thread: MBA lightbulb jokes (compiled): Harvard: None. If they want to come to Havard so bad - make THEM put in the lightbulb! Stanford 1999: 1 company: www.screwthelightbulb.com , which was later sold for $1.2MM Stanford 2003: 70. But there are only four lightbulbs, so the total lightbulb installing group isn’t that big… Wharton: Three. One to install the lightbulb. One to

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Every year, the users in the online forum turn this discussion into a shouting match or start behaving like hardcore football fans rooting for their respective teams. But this post provides a refreshing perspective that breaks away from this trend in recent years. I agree with him -- I think the bottomline is to know what you want out of an MBA, do your research on various schools, and choose

luvshackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17742609129057093362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777524.post-1067171805813509352003-10-26T07:36:00.000-05:002003-10-26T07:36:45.296-05:00

Yesterday's output: "- Work on 2 essays before 2pm" -- finished Kellogg Essay 1 "- Watch Michigan kick Purdue's ass at 3pm" -- definitely saw MI kick butt "- Come back home and work more on essays at 9pm" -- yeah right Today's Plan: -------------------- - work on Kellogg Essay 2 and 3 - review essay 1 - See if i want to rewrite the essays in 4 from last year More sleep and definitely

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What a shitty week at work. This one client has been acting pissed all week. I think I finally addressed their issues satisfactorily -- but still, quite glad to see the week come to a close. As part of my plan, I was supposed to work on 3 essays last night -- didn't happen. Came home at 7pm - went to sleep at 9 -- woke up this morning at 6:30. Oh well, can't say it hasn't happened before.

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I've been wondering if I should submit just one essay as a reapplicant, or if I should rewrite all the essays. After much deliberation, I've decided to rewrite all the essay. Here is my thinking: - After reading through the essays from last year, I realized that I could do a much better job on the overall English usesd - I have a lot more experiences to talk about this year. I'm eager to

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Application Status In Progress Kellogg Not Yet Started Columbia Yale MIT Stanford Completed Wharton Harvard Duke

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My schools: Round I - Kellogg - 15 days left - Columbia - 15 days (planned submission date) - Yale - 21 days left Round II - Duke - 45 days left - Stanford - 74 days left - Wharton - 76 days left - Harvard - 76 days left - MIT - 89 days left

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