Welcome to another edition of FFF, our weekly survey of the newest and most noteworthy happenings in the MBA blogging world. Let’s begin this week by checking in with our friends in the applicant crowd.
Juggler has returned from a trip and is already back in the midst of the application process, dealing with data forms and starting her Stanford essays. On the subject of writing, StressTensor is, well, stressed about MIT’s narrow word limits, but we’re glad to hear that Scarecrow feels good about his progress – which, with three schools’ essays finished, he certainly should – and that Brian is in good shape with his planned Thunderbird application. Forrest Gump (who we hope will note that we’ve refrained from using the v-word) expressed some concern about his progress with respect to those applicants who already seem to be flying through multiple applications, but not everyone is quite so far along. FSM is only beginning to consider his Chicago essays, Suser McLoser just tackled the GMAT (with 700+ results!), and Jatwarrior and Median2k9 are still ironing out their school selection. Anand is still planning his visits to Tuck and Darden, while Reveur recounts his trip to the midwest and his very different impressions of Kellogg and Chicago.
As busy as this the applicant bloggers have been this week, there’s been even more activity on the first-year student front. UCLADawg just picked up some Anderson gear for himself and his recommenders, NoKeating offers the scoop on Bloomington before beginning school at Kelley, Jacek is counting down until his start at ESADE and MJ offers a great, detailed account of orientation at Fuqua. While some are just settling, others are already in the midst of academics. MGalBlue flew through a week-long crash course in accounting at Ross (hopefully with enough success to test out this coming semester), SharkB8 is loving Wharton pre-term, DomoDomo offers a positive review of the faculty teaching INSEAD’s pre-term, and FooBarMe also sounds pleased with his classes at Haas. Finally, LBS has been a well-represented school in the blogging community, and this year’s incoming class is no exception: Paxti is bracing himself (and his readers) for a heavy workload, FM takes time to share some London sights, Karlitos is keeping busy and having fun, and Angel Angie has found a flat(!) and is finally getting to relax before the start of classes.
While this crew is just getting settled in the city, the second-year LBS blogger posts have all been focused on leaving. KV is nearing the end of his internship and wondering about a post-MBA job offer. Meanwhile, a few others are thinking about immediate futures in another city; Natasja sounds excited about her upcoming exchange at Stern and the Divine Miss N, also NY-bound, is still busy running down a very comprehensive pre-departure checklist.
That’s it for this week. Best of luck to everyone, and have a great weekend!
