Welcome back to another Fridays from the Frontline, our weekly look at all the recent developments in the MBA blogosphere. Now that September is in full swing, our applicant and student bloggers are settling into their various routines, whether writing their application essays or pinning down new course schedules. Let’s take a closer look:
B-School Bound juggled deadlines and considered the slow progress he’s making on his essays, while both Chaos and Dreamer completed their ISB applications and got ready to take on the Kellogg essays. mbabound08 was still considering her final school list this week, and contemplating the never-easy prospect of a long distance relationship. Meanwhile, Running Turtle brought up another interesting factor in the school selection process, the public vs. private school experience. Those planning to attend information sessions in the coming weeks should check out BlueTulip’s guide to the art of the info session question, and adrenalin junkies will enjoy Achilles’ nail-biting account of his triumph over the GMAT last week!
As for first year students, Chicago GSB bloggers were blogging in force last week. Iday reported that by the end of their three day retreat, Chicago’s Class of ’09 had earned itself a reputation for partying. Forrest Gump reported that many at the retreat had entered a Name-Overload-Phase, which was easy to imagine given the out of breath tone of MaybeMBA’s last post. Last but not least, Ganja Turtle managed to collect himself in time for this week’s course bidding period at Chicago, and even found time to post an in depth description for his readers.
For prospective applicants hoping to catch a glimpse of a day in the life of a first year MBA student, we’d like to call your attention to MBAstarter’s post on his doings at Fuqua, and Necromonger’s illustrated guide to life at INSEAD (perhaps an MBA-blog first!). m@ also sounded busy at Ross, sacrificing sleep for everything from corporate presentations to Ultimate Frisbee. Meanwhile Asiangal experienced a similar extra-curricular pile up at Wharton.
Second year bloggers sounded a little more balanced this week. While J-term Johnny reported some exciting new possibilities on his horizon, including an internship and a trip to Japan, he also fit in some rugby with the Columbia team. At Kellogg, Rahul dug up an old New York Times article on the always-relevant debate on whether or not an MBA is a wise investment, indicating that even second years don’t necessarily know the answer! Nevertheless, Patxi extended a kind offer of advice to any LBS applicants who need it. In addition, he had some interesting things to say about Facebook, and the possibility that it costs the UK $520 billion USD per year in lost productivity!
That’s it for this week’s Fridays from the Frontline. Have a great weekend and we’ll see you here next week!
