Welcome to another edition of FFF, your weekly window into the latest happenings in the MBA blogging world! After the deluge of deadlines early in the month and last week’s flurry of round one notifications, things have quieted down significantly on the applicant front. Leading off with some excitement, AGirlsMBA received interview invites from Harvard and Michigan this week! While some are still playing the waiting game – Suser is getting anxious about the outcome of this admissions season, while Asiangal has just submitted her apps and is occupying herself with the CFA while expecting interview invitations – most are writing about their school decision process or more advanced stages of planning. Aeroslick is still dealing with some Kellogg waitlist uncertainty, but also has Michigan and Duke as options. Also facing some additional thought and a difficult decision, rungee582 shares a great account of her process of weighing offers from Wharton, LBS and Duke, whereas MBABabe is just wrapping her mind around her Harvard admit and getting ready to choose between HBS and Kellogg. Those who have made up their minds are just as focused on other tasks; Iday endured a bit of red tape to send his deposit to Chicago and Scarecrow is enrolling at Cornell and deciding when to leave his job, and Juggler has just finished up her Wharton scholarship application. Finally, Rusgirl shares the secret of her application success with LBS.
The student bloggers, on the other hand, are back from break in full force. Looking back on the previous term, Jacek happily reports that he passed all of his classes at ESADE, Keven receives an unconventional quant-confidence boost at Wisconsin, and Hallonman thinks back on his P2 Performance, resolving to increase his focus in the coming term at INSEAD. Speaking of the work ahead, Angel Angie runs through her LBS class roster and offers an interview update, Marina shares her term two schedule at Columbia and FromCali describes her perspective three weeks into the new semester at Ross.
There’s some great new content this week for readers looking to learn about the details of the MBA experience. Starting with the details of specific classes, DomoDomo offers his initial thoughts on Negotiations class at INSEAD and Ashwyn features the same topic as handled by IESE, while the Divine Miss N discusses a lesson in branding at LBS and fellow London blogger Sean describes the requirements of what promises to be a challenging entrepreneurship course. Meanwhile, for a broader view, check out Paxti‘s London week in review and Nate‘s account of the (a)typical week at Ross. Finally, for a look at some more unusual business school possibilities, we recommend MBA Gladiator‘s great recap of his trip to Africa with some fellow Yale students and Chicago student Le Voyageur‘s ongoing account of his exchange semester in Israel.
Just as academics are gearing up, recruiting is also in full swing at many programs. Based on Tim‘s comments, it seems that a whirlwind of interviews and job offers at McCombs happened in a single week, whereas most are facing a more drawn out job search process. Benny braces himself for interviews at Tuck (and shares an interesting news item about the consulting club), Rubeo Boy suffers a recruiting hangover at Stern, and Al Martine struggles to find a positive side of the stress that characterizes London’s second term.
Best of luck to everyone waiting for admissions decisions and interview invitations, as well as those starting new academic terms and going through the recruiting process! Have a great weekend, everyone!
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