After several weeks of anticipation and careful consideration, we’re pleased to unveil the nominees for this year’s BoB awards. As we mentioned when we announced the ranking last month, the two-fold objective of this exercise is to recognize the best blogs covering the 2005-06 admissions/academic cycle, and to identify valuable sources of information for the next round of MBA applicants and students.
Drawing from FFF-featured blogs and those listed in the Clear Admit Wiki, we narrowed the count down to 25 applicants and 25 students by looking at originality and relevance of content, as well as total number of posts and overall contribution to the space. Some of these bloggers are newer to the scene than others, some applicants more successful and some students more diligent (which is not to say we don’t love those travel and party pictures), but all have shared something unique about themselves and taught us a thing or two about some part of the MBA experience. And so, without further ado, the nominated bloggers:
Applicant Bloggers
Angel Angie – http://angelangie2008.blogspot.com
Ash – http://bschoolorbust.blogspot.com
Axechick – http://axechick.blogspot.com
Azaka Dessalines – http://mbayisyen.blogspot.com
Benny – http://mba-benny.blogspot.com
Brownoski – http://brownoski.blogspot.com
C’est La Vie – http://idreamofgoingbacktobe.blogspot.com
FoobarMe – http://foobarme.blogspot.com
Forrest Gump – http://run-forrest.blogspot.com
Franky4MBA – http://franky4mba.blogspot.com
GunnerMBA – http://gunnermba.blogspot.com
I_Will_Make_It – http://iwillmakeit-mba.blogspot.com
Kilgore Trout – http://southpawtiger.blogspot.com
LaserlikeFocus – http://laserlikefocus.blogspot.com
Marina – http://electrizze.blogspot.com
Mave – http://maverick-nerd.blogspot.com
MBA Jackass – http://mbajackass.blogspot.com
NoKeating – http://nokeating.blogspot.com
Pupstar78 – http://taketwobskool.blogspot.com
Redwolf056 – http://redwolf056.blogspot.com
Resolute – http://captainvpp.blogspot.com
SgHama – http://sghama.blogspot.com
Sorebrek – http://holymba.blogspot.com
Ty Coon – http://nuke2biz.blogspot.com
Vatsa – http://vatsaview.blogspot.com
Current Student Bloggers
Al Martine (LBS) – http://www.abigpond.com/blogger.html
Auris (INSEAD) – http://auris.wordpress.com
Beau (Darden) – http://darden.blogspot.com
Bharani (ISB) – http://way2top.blogsome.com
Bob Dehghan (Michigan) – http://www-personal.umich.edu/~dehghan
Death Spiral (INSEAD) – http://www.insead06clueless.blogspot.com
FutureMBAGirl (Wharton) – http://futurembagirl.blogspot.com
IESE MBA 2007 (IESE) – http://gandaki.blogspot.com
Jerry Blank (Yale) – http://flatpointmba.blogspot.com
KV (LBS) – http://usatolbs.blogspot.com
Le Voyaguer (Chicago) – http://mbaperegrinations.blogspot.com
Mark (HBS) – http://markandjie.blogspot.com
Marquis (Stanford) – http://marquisweblog.blogspot.com
Mbwana (Stanford) – http://mbwana.blogspot.com
Nate (Michigan) – http://www.wheresnate.com
NoellieBellie (IESE) – http://spanishnoelle.blogspot.com
Olivier (INSEAD) – http://oliviermineau.blogspot.com
PowerYogi (Chicago) – http://poweryogi.blogspot.com
rsr.pt (LBS) – http://mbaeurope.blogspot.com
Shivesh (Duke) – http://fuquadays.blogspot.com
The Dirty Canuck (Chicago) – http://the-dirty-canuck.blogspot.com
The Divine Miss N (LBS) – http://thedivinemissn.blogspot.com
Vijay (ISB) – http://itheabsolute.blogspot.com
Wakechick (Chicago) – http://wakechick.blogspot.com
Will Hsu (HBS) – http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=wphsu99
The next step is for the nominated bloggers to cast their votes on the overall ranking and a few more focused categories. Ballots will be available early next week, and will be due on Friday, April 21st. While we’ll be emailing ballots those nominees who list their contact information on their blogs, those who don’t are encouraged to get in touch by sending a note to bestofblogging@clearadmit.com.
Check back a bit later today for Fridays from the Frontline, your regularly scheduled look at this week in MBA blogging.
