Columbia gets back to me

I heard from CBS on my feedback request - guess what, they denied it. I was checking out the BW Forums and I see all of them have been denied with different letters. They say they have read my application and have put in some points in the letter.

However, my letter seems to be very generic. The first line is " Check out the class profile" followed by gyan about applying ED or early in RD. Although, the first line does seem to be a little negative. I am not sure what to make of it. Are they really suggesting that my profile does not match up to the guys who get admitted. It would have been great, if they had been more straight forward about it.

Ready for Essay Writing Part - II

Application season is on the threshold of a new beginning. One of my target schools (read ISB) has already gone live with its application. So, its essay writing time again. And this, most certainly will be my last shot.

I have for the time being decided to leave the choice of the sixth school open, which anyways is going to be my last application. So, the timeline for me would be something like:

Jul-Aug -> ISB and Columbia
Aug-Sep -> Chicago and Tuck
Oct -> Stern and XXX

All should end up in Round 1. I think it is pretty doable. Meanwhile, there is not much news on the job front. Peaceful it is, atleast for the time being. :)

Blog gets a new look!

New application season and a new blog look. I like this one more than the last. Changing the template has been my sole effort remotely related to the Fall 2009 admission process in the last two weeks. HBS releasing essays in May is the good news. Hopefully, others will also follow suite. I have not yet made up my mind on HBS. I have two doubts. One - it is super competitive and two - I don't know much about the school yet.

Another issue I foresee is that with TOEFL. None of my list of schools except Haas requires me to take the exam. Now, I have to be sure whether I will be applying to Haas before I take TOEFL. Otherwise, it may be an exercise in vain. Will have to figure this one out.

I have decided....

to REAPPLY. Well not exactly reapplication, as my list of schools is going to be altered significantly. But, I do hope to do extremely well this time round.

I am busy till May with work and other stuff so would not be as regular with my blog, but intend to be regular as soon as the application process for the year starts.

Bloggers for Fall 2009, I join your community!

Application season over

and it ends on a very unsavoury note. As many of you would have guessed, I got my rejection note from Chicago. It was hard to digest, but then, do you really have a choice. 6 weeks of hard work did not bear fruit. It seems WLs are never in your control.

I have not yet decided about whether to reapply next year. I definitely plan to pursue MBA. I have a couple of options in some good schools in India. I have to decide whether to go there or reapply to my dream schools next year. Would post my decision soon!

Another Ding: Columbia!

This is really turning out to be a nightmare. Another ding without interview comes my way and I did not apply to too many. :(

Now, my only hope comes out with results within 24 hours. If its good news, I am likely to hear sooner. The wait could not have been more painful.

No News

Its been a long long time that I have had any updates on my MBA journey. After getting dinged from Kellogg, it has been very very quiet. There has been a small mail exchange with Chicago when I confirmed my interest in being on their waitlist. Thats about it.

Columbia AdCom has been sitting on my application for more than 1.5 months now. And that is after they took almost 3 weeks to make it go under review. After my application to Columbia, my interest in the school has grown considerably and I would really love to go to both the schools I am yet to receive decisions from. My concern is that is it too late to have any realistic chance at Columbia?

In the meanwhile, there have been lot of updates in the blogger world with lot of interviews being scheduled and conducted. Good luck to all my blogger friends.

HappyBunny, All the very best for your GMAT!