Welcome to another edition of Fridays from the Frontline, our weekly jaunt through the MBA blogosphere. This week we found applicants heaving a sigh of relief with the end of Round One application submissions, and many student bloggers debating the various lifestyles of the typical first and second year MBA student. Let’s see what they have to say:
Starting out on a high note, our congratulations go out to Tamasin for receiving a Ross interview invitation (which we hope goes very well). Speaking of interviews, Mbabound08 searched for the elusive non-cliched hero in preparation for her big day with Wharton. Mike did some thorough preparation for his Chicago interview too, and perhaps it was his diligence that helped him enter a Zen-like calm as the day approached — only to be shattered by Stanford’s poorly timed email survey. In a display of classic post-interview turmoil, B-School Bound considered his Kellogg interview, and then reconsidered it, and then reconsidered it again! In contrast, Chaos offered a more objective and detailed description of his ISB interview.
Plenty of applicant bloggers put their heads down and got to work last week. Bokaa admirably finished his Tuck application, maintaining composure in the face of two dings. Achilles muscled his way through the Stern essays, finally submitting the last of his Round One applications, as both Dreamer and Vidiviciveni happily kissed their Tuck applications goodbye. Just as Reene suffered from a bout of low motivation, Wannabe let loose his inner MBA cheerleader and B-school Bound chimed in too.
First year MBA students’ posts ran the gamut from wholesome to bawdy last week. MaybeMBA reflected on parenthood at Chicago GSB, and referenced the school’s efforts to become a more family-friendly environment. On the other end of the spectrum, HairTwirler confirmed that as far as MBA life at McDonough is concerned, the stereotypes have proven accurate (finance coursework is a killer, students drink like fish, etc). The INSEAD Dash (which involves students dashing across campus dressed in costumes) landed somewhere ambiguously between those two, according to Necromonger’s description.
On a more serious note, AsianGal described the popular Global Immersion Program at Wharton, while CS offered a good description of the HBS grading system. Iday, too, reached out to applicants with an open invitation to those who want to meet up during their Chicago campus visits.
Several posts last week considered the life style of the second year MBA student. Angel Angie sounded very relaxed as she described the process of reestablishing a work life balance during her second year at LBS. John gave an equally rosy account of the job search at Columbia, while La Laudiaria sounded a little more exhausted from hustling back and forth from Wharton to interviews far away. Ashwyn said he’s had trouble finding the time in his schedule at IESE to devote to his blog, and Patxi likened the second year at LBS to the image of a duck. And lastly, in an effort to make his life more efficient at McCombs, Tim K. opened a site on Tumblr where he can share with his friends the interesting articles he comes across.
So ends another Fridays from the Frontline. To all our readers, enjoy the upcoming short week and have a very Happy Thanksgiving!
