Inspiration Blogs - Where are they?

When I created this blog, I decided to have a small list of student blogs to keep me in touch of the student community and provide inspiration. But, today I revamped it from a list of 10 blogs to around 4-5 now. I had to remove them as they do not have any updated content.

Why is it that students after they start their MBAs don't update their blogs any longer? Sure, time is one issue. However, it cannot be the only one. We cannot say that the applicants are jobless, right? :D

It is related to the reasons one wants to blog. For me, it is a kind of public-personal diary of my MBA quest. I want blogs to chronicle most my life's experiences. I would start new blogs in all new phases of my life - at least, that is the plan.

I am actually planning to start a new blog, parallel to this one which talks about more personal matters. That would be public or not is something not decided yet.

On the application front, there has been a lull ever since I submitted Columbia. None of my recommenders for ISB are looking in a mood to submit their recommendations. The essays have been reviewed but need to be worked on further. And I am not in a mood to work on them today. Hopefully, tomorrow is going to be a fruitful day.

Columbia Submitted

and whats more, its under review as well! I submitted the application earlier in the day (early morning NY time). It went under review 10 am NY time. That's remarkable! I have been a little busy with the application because I took only 15 days to work on it.

Since, it was a reapplication, I did not have to work on the other two essays which is good in a way. I was never too excited about the master classes essay anyways. But, I had fewer words to convince the adcom of my heroics in the last one year ;)

So, the first application of the season is in, and I pray that I do not have to submit many more. Given the past trends, I should have the decision by the end of next month. Thats pretty neat. On to ISB now!

General Updates

Well I am back from my vacation and joined my new workplace a couple of days. Joining was smooth and pretty professional. Should get going after the long weekend we had, here in India.

Meanwhile, I am looking at applying to Columbia much earlier than I thought, maybe even by the end of the month. I don't find a lot of work to be done for a reapplicant. My focus has to be on improvements in my profile which I am in the process of articulating. Then have to figure out a way to use the optional essay effectively, if at all.

Meanwhile, my ISB essays have been on the backburner for a while. I have not even got my comments back from the people who are going to review my essays. Hopefully, that should get sorted out by early next week. I now plan to complete both ISB and Columbia applications by the end of August. Then attach Chicago and Tuck applications.

Meanwhile, I have been very actively considering Darden as another school I would put in application for. It is pretty good in the discplines I am interested in and seems to be a pretty good fit. Need to do more research on the school. LBS is another school I am looking at right now. Should be able to fix my sixth school also by the end of the month. For now, its beer!

Cheers!