Fridays from the Frontline

Welcome to this week’s rather short installment of FFF, your look into the apparently very sleepy MBA blogosphere. While it seems that most of our blogger friends are on vacation or busy with internships, applications and pre-school preparations, there are a handful of folks keeping us informed about what they’re up to.

On the applicant front, Itobean is making progress with test prep and sounds very pleased with her online GMAT class, whereas GuyMBA seems to be getting all the help he needs through free GMAT forums and resources like Beat the GMAT. In addition to self-study, he’s been working to line up suitable recommenders (often a challenge for entrepreneurs). Median2k9 also succeeded in resolving the recommender question this week and is ready to focus on the essays.

As for future and current students, Ashwyn has posted a dramatic account of his trip to the Spanish embassy in Delhi to secure a visa in preparation to attend IESE: a worthwhile read for anyone preparing to brave the bureaucracy in pursuit of international study. Meanwhile, the Divine Miss N is also preoccupied with visa and housing issues as she prepares for a stint in New York, whereas InvisibleInk is already set with a place in Fontainebleau and a crew of very diverse INSEAD housemates. Finally, DomoDomo enjoyed the second in a series of sendoffs as he gets ready to start a new chapter in France.

That does it for this week. We hope that the quiet on the blogging scene is an indication that good things are going on elsewhere – and that we’ll get to read about them soon. Have a great weekend!