Why-o-why?

I am not sure, what am I doing on the blogger now when I should be writing my essays. Of course, I am relaxing. :) Come to think of it, I am slowly getting tired of the process which I started so enthusiastically a quarter back. Writing essays for different schools back-to-back can take a toll on the passion you have for the schools, you want to attend.

To my mind, the futility of the whole process keeps coming back. Repeatedly, I am trying to convince the Admission Committee why this or that course is the best for me OR vice versa. But, I think this state of my mind is temporary. Next morning I get up, I may be back to my usual self, obsessed about MBA :)

Since I am at it, let me update my blog of the latest on the application front. Columbia essays are being reviewed and I have heard from 2/3 reviewers and they all have plenty to say. I would need to work on this stuff. Meanwhile my application for Columbia is ready and the recommendations done. So, final touches to the essays and they should be ready to go.

I have started working on the Kellogg essays and am done with two. Uniqueness essay is a new one for me, which is kind a strange after having done three applications. Come Jan 10 and I would be done with my application process for Fall 2008 and hopefully for life. Hoping for a great new year, cheers!

Columbia Essays - An update

My Columbia essays seem to be going fine. I have been working on them for the last week and first three are ready to be sent to reviewers. Problem is that all my reviewers are not available right now except my primary one. :)

The fourth essay is a tougher nut to crack. Only 250 words on what I am passionate about. No idea what to write here. Think, think think!

On a more festive note,
Merry Christmas!!!

Kellogg Part I Submitted

Thats done and another 225 bucks of investment into future is done! :)

Now, I need to furiously work on the two applications of the seasons that are left. I need an admit decision by the end of March and I shall give it my best shot.

Cheers!

Waitlisted@Chicago

Yes, thats how my application has turned out. I really want some help as to how to navigate this wait list. Anybody and everybody who has an idea, please let me know if you have any information about the Chicago wait list.

I now have to go ahead with my Kellogg and Columbia applications. The Kellogg Part I deadline is in two days. I better get back to running.

Stern in or out?

I have thought over it, mulled over it and I am confused. I had decided to apply to Stern in R2 in addition to Columbia and Kellogg. But there is a problem.

Stern typically comes out with it's admit decisions around the beginning of May, which may be a little too late for an international, I being an Indian. I am not sure how much of this true though, am thinking of dropping Stern due to this and the fact that it has a really weird third essay. Is there anybody who has any idea on what can be done?

Missing motivation - gotta find it!

Its been a week that I have started to work on my R2 applications. But so far I have had little success. I have written barely a paragraph for Columbia's Essay #2. And it doesn't sound too great. And its getting high time I started doing some serious work on my applications.

I also need to finalize my list of target R2 schools. I am virtually decided on Columbia and Kellogg. However, am yet to decide on Tuck and Stern. I need to get a move on and quickly.

Chicago updates again!

I just received an email from Chicago Adcom, and it says that the revised decision deadline is Dec 19. Yes, a full 2 weeks before the original deadline. Thats so cool.....only thing is, I do not expect the result to be that cool.

Chicago interview completed and I feel.....

not really happy! :(

Yup, done with my Chicago interview. It did not go as well as I wanted it to. The interviewer was an executive MBA alumnus who had done his MBA after 12 years of experience. And here I was trying to convince him about my career plans and the need of an MBA after 2-3 years of work experience. I was good in core 'Why?' questions. But, some questions about failures and success at work did not seem to convince him entirely. I guess, he was looking for more experience and depth in these roles. Rest of the interview was reasonable and apart from some of my patented ramblings, I did hold his attention. He did not take any notes. He was writing about the candidate after the interview was over. I asked him questions in the end and he was impressed with my depth of research on my area of interest.

Now after analyzing and over-analyzing, I think it would be difficult for me to make the cut, given the fact that I did not have a very convincing interview. Although, I hope its not so gloomy as it seems to me. I am looking at my R2 schools now. They are on my blog sidebar and I need to shortlist them to 2-3. December will be hard work with renewal of essay writing spree. I sincerely hope something good comes out of the whole thing.