Welcome to another addition of FFF! Let’s take a look at the new and noteworthy developments in the MBA blogging world:
While several applicants wrote about the usual concerns – AsianGal wrote about her GMAT prep plan, Itobean is loving an accounting class she’s taking to bolster her academic profile, and Suser McLoser remains hard at work on her application essays – the majority were focused on announcing and celebrating completed applications, as well as contemplating next steps. Flexible Image has submitted to Chicago and to Kellogg (and addresses a school selection question), aDreamMerchant is done with Tuck and Chicago and explains the addition of Stern to the mix, Rohit has submitted 3 applications so far and has at least one more planned after a visit to the World MBA Tour, Median2K9 finished with Columbia, Rungee visited Duke and submitted to Wharton and HBS, and Jatwarrior also submitted to CBS and cut it close with Chicago. In addition to simply announcing their submission success, many are thinking and writing about what comes next. Hobbes, done with Darden, has received a Columbia interview (congrats!), Iday updates the blogosphere on his app status and braces himself for things to come, while Scarecrow submitted Kellog part 2 and is getting ready to interview. Attitudes and the amount of work ahead certainly vary: Wang4MBA finished with Columbia but is already thinking about HBS essays, whereas inblue is stoic post-submission, UniqPath is relieved about avoiding last year’s mistakes with Wharton, and Juggler is getting ready for a much deserved vacation after submitting to Stanford.
Meanwhile, it’s been a very active week on the student front. The BW B-School rankings created quite a buzz; Chicago student mandar is understandably pleased about the GSB’s #1 placing and j$ comments on Haas’s strong finish, while Kilgore Trout comments more generally on the role of rankings in school selection and Jerry Blank questions the credibility of these individual lists.
Beyond the ranking issue, student bloggers this week have been reflecting nearly the full spectrum of the MBA experience. Amit has just arrived at Cambridge and Nagendra describes matriculation at Oxford, while Invisible Ink shares the details of his pre-INSEAD farewell party at work. Further demonstrating the range of feelings and experience, Ashwyn is feeling a bit overwhelmed at IESE while second-year Noelle seems to have it down, and Ash is just beginning to explore the extracurricular experience at Stanford while Mbwana is full of love for the whole GSB experience (even the exhaustion it entails).
FoobarMe, with 10% of his Haas MBA complete, takes an inventory of his progress, like many students are also focused on their academics. Karlitos relates an exceptionally busy day at LBS, LL professes a perverse eagerness for exams at Wharton, MBA Gladiator is bracing himself for finals at Yale while classmate brownoski takes a moment to enjoy the fall foliage, Rubeo Boy isn’t looking forward to exams at Stern, and FromCali is limping her way through statistics and accounting at Michigan. Feeling the demands on his time, Le Voyageur is beginning to feel the isolating effects of MBA studies, UCLA Dawg wonders how students find the time to blog considering his schedule at Anderson, Sarah shares her signs on MBA b-school overload, bskewl pledges to watch out for signs of overwork at Wharton, and DomoDomo shares photographic evidence that students need a break at INSEAD.
Some students are finding some time for fun and reflection, though. It sounds like INSEAD student Zanat0s enjoyed an evening with classmates in Singapore, while IESE student George recounts an eventful few days with Italian students at Columbia and the Divine Miss N relates a Chicago trip to see fellow LSB students studying in the states. Finally, Vanderbilt students had a lot to say this week; Tony comments on the start of Mod 2 at Owen, Heather shares some lessons about the MBA experience that she learned during Mod 1, and Sharran expresses simple gratitude for the campus courtyard.
That does it for this week. Have a wonderful weekend!
