Another Friday, another exciting addition of FFF! Let’s begin this week’s look at the MBA blogging world by taking a look at what the students have been up to now that spring is in full swing.
While the internship search has wound down for most, excitement is running high: MargaritaLuvr can’t wait to get started (but first needs to tackle finals at Chicago), Yale student JB was assigned to his top choice project, and GSB blogger Mandar is looking forward to spending the summer in San Francisco. Of course, before the fun over the break can commence, students need to make it through the rest of the semester. The entries about academics over the past few days have really run the gamut of excitement, from Noelle’s account of a typical Thursday at IESE to Buckyhoo’s thoughts on his upcoming trip to India for a class at UNC. In between, L’Optimiste comments on his classes this period at INSEAD, Jeff D plans out the last few weeks at Brandeis, Dirty Martini considers the relationship between masochism and procrastination with respect to Chicago finals and Harry evaluates his situation during the final week of class at Fuqua.
In addition to academics and summer plans, there’s been a fair amount of buzz about the on-campus goings on. Yale’s welcome weekend helped JB shift his perspective from studying to students at the SOM, while Mark pondered the implications of the new dean for the future of HBS. While an incoming class and administrative changes point to long term changes, other students focused on the impact of one time events, as rsr.pt enjoyed Richard Branson’s talk at LBS, Sam seems to have gotten a lot out of listening to a recent speaker at MIT, and Buckyhoo writes of looking forward to a performance by Kenan-Flagler’s Follies (while Chicago’s group of the same name earned a mention in the WSJ).
While the semester and even school in general are drawing to an end for the students, many applicant bloggers are focused on new beginnings. For some this means sorting out the logistics of relocation, saying “so long” to the work place with mixed emotions (or to mixed reactions) or refining (and even rethinking) career goals, but the most popular topic of conversation has been admit weekends and the programs themselves. Brownoski spent the week weighing the pros and cons of Wharton, MIT and Yale (and shares some great pictures from his visits), and MBA Spanky continues to deliberate between Duke and UCLA after recounting his trip to Anderson in extensive detail. Most others were a bit more sold on their programs following their campus visits: C’est La Vie was impressed with Yale’s faculty and students, WheresMyDessert has made her decision after visiting both Sloan and Stern (we know where she’s headed, but at her request, you’ll have to read for yourself to learn the result), and Resolute is enjoying pre-term at ISB. There’s been much talk of Tuck this week, as Vatsa was struck by Dartmouth’s close-knit community, SgHama sent his deposit and made his Tuckie status official, and Benny provides a detailed account of a fun ASW.
Though the news was not all good this week, those dealing with less positive situations are doing so gracefully. Brownoski’s Yale admit softened the blow of an MIT waitlist ding, and Alex waits patiently for news from Columbia or Harvard. Meanwhile, BoB champ MBA Jackass continues his good-natured postmortem of unsuccessful applications with posts on how not to get into Columbia and Stanford, and Ash follows suit with thoughts about the factors leading to his HBS rejection.
Finally, at Marina’s request (prompted by her need to prep for an upcoming GMAC panel), AynRand2008 considered her reasons for blogging and I_Will_Make_It considered this topic as well as her reasons for seeking an MBA. Whatever the motivation, we’re glad that so many bloggers are sharing their ideas and insights with others. Thanks to everyone for keeping us entertained and informed, this week and always! Have a great weekend!
