The MBA blogosphere is alive and well! Despite the onslaught of first round application deadlines, b-school applicants continue to trade stories in the blog medium. Similarly, as MBA students are juggling mid-terms, recruiting needs and relationships, they still continue to share their anecdotes with the MBA community.
Current b-school students are really digging into the various on-campus offerings at this point. Death Spiral reports on a guest speaker at INSEAD, while Insead06 describes the all out game theory war between the school’s Singapore and Fonatainbleau locations. Meanwhile on the London Business School campus, KV blogs about student association elections (and his role as the new Incoming Student Rep) while DivineMissN discusses cultural celebration and tattoos…coupled with the stress of week #3 and the upcoming Women In Business Conference. Of course, not everyone is stressed at LBS, since it would seem that rsr.pt has time to blog from class! Heading to Spain, we get a report from IESE MBA 2007 who recounts a difficult week during which he spent an entire afternoon on a single Financial Accounting problem.
Crossing back the other side of the pond, we get a report on mid-terms and cluster bonding at Columbia from MargaritaLuvr. Over at the Chicago GSB, the Dirty Canuck explains that his crazy rockstar lifestyle doesn’t always mesh with pursuing an MBA. Speaking of Canada, blogger Jessica Fung offers a solid report on social outings at Rotman in Toronto. Meanwhile, Tagad_Tale comes back to the blogosphere to report on the second year experience at Tuck as Marquis (a 2nd year) and MBAWana (a 1st year) comment on life at Stanford.
Shifting gears over to the MBA applicant community, there seems to be a lot of speculation and reshuffling of the deck taking place. Schools are being bumped from R1 to R2, applicants are debating the merits/intentions of ED rounds and everyone is wondering about application volume. Another topic that will likely gain in popularity over the coming weeks is the MBA interview invite. Ty Coon checks in with a post about HBS’ interview process (see our tips/description here). Along those lines, Wharton should begin issuing invites this week. Stay tuned for more on that in the coming days.
While applicants who have submitted files are enjoying various debates, many R2 bloggers are still gathering information and outlining their strategies. TakeTwoBskool seems to have settled in on his target schools, while DaveforMBA lists the 13 schools that made his short-list. Meanwhile, LaserLikeFocus offers another excellent posting on a school visit (this time for Tuck).
For those of you who are still looking at the GMAT, several applicant bloggers have stepped up this week to offer solid advice. BeattheGMAT has made flash cards available while Vatsa has summarized his process for preparing.
That’s the news for this week. Thanks to Forrest for the kind words! Have a great weekend everyone!
