The community of MBA-student bloggers can be a powerful resource for MBA applicants. Whether you are trying to choose which schools to target or simply curious about life in b-school, there is a lot of valuable information out there in the blogosphere. In today’s posting, we’ve highlighted a handful of recent postings that should be of interest to the MBA-applicant community.
Flatpoint MBA includes an entry about receiving the first tuition bill from Yale SOM. Plus – uncovering the mysteries of ‘tuition insurance’ and university charge accounts. http://flatpointmba.blogspot.com/2005/07/feeling-official.html
Majolo, who is heading to Kellogg, writes about making the transition from applicant to student – even suggesting some pangs of nostalgia when encountering applicants who are just beginning the process! http://majalo.blogspot.com/2005/07/being-applicant.html
Mark, a rising 2nd year at HBS, offers an excellent run-down of the first half of his summer – covering the internship, course selection for year #2 and a few reflections on the new Harry Potter book (MBAs apparently read HP too). http://markandjie.blogspot.com/2005/07/back-in-boston.html
Philip Carey offers a full run down on his student visa approval, selling personal belongings, lining up a 40K loan and generally making plans to join the class at NYU/Stern (including some brief thoughts on required inoculations). http://philipcarey.blogspot.com/2005/07/waiting-to-get-to-nyc.html
KV gives readers a peek into the play-by-play of quitting his job in Seattle. This blogger is heading to London Business School in the fall. Some recent postings cover laptop purchasing, cobra plans for health care and more. http://usatolbs.blogspot.com/2005/07/i-quit.html
Bharanidharan, a blogger from the Indian School of Business talks about exams (with class by class summaries)! Yes, not all business school students are presently on summer break. The nice thing about this blog is that it has dozens of links to other ISB bloggers who are documenting their journey through the program. A must for those of you considering ISB. http://way2top.blogsome.com/2005/07/19/recount-on-subjects/
MBAwana offers more news along the road to Stanford, covering essentials like passport renewal, visas, shopping lists, etc. There is also a bit of discussion about the packed schedule being offered at Stanford’s pre-term. http://mbwana.blogspot.com/2005/07/time-to-get-move-on.html
And finally, Brit-chick continues to demonstrate why she made the Best of Blogging list. Planning her departure from the UK for business school at Wharton, she begins to wonder if it wouldn’t have been easier to stay in the UK and attend a program close to home. She has also documented the whole process of packing up one’s life, etc. http://brit-chickmba.blogspot.com/2005/07/why-didnt-i-just-go-to-cambridge.html
