Welcome to a holiday edition of Fridays from the Frontline, Clear Admit’s weekly look at the newest contributions to the MBA blogosphere. Applicant and student bloggers alike had plenty to write about in the days leading up to the Thanksgiving break. Let’s see what they were up to:
Vidiviciveni attempted to relax and empty his mind of all application thoughts this weekend, and despite some initial trouble doing so, he came to some meaningful conclusions about his career goals. He might want to take a cue from –tvu, who seems to be doing a fine job of it while he’s traveling in Vietnam. He might also want to check out Powerleveler’s very sound thoughts on the psychological state of the MBA applicant. Mike returned from his Chicago visit and interview, and promptly posted his positive impressions both on his blog and on the Clear Admit Wiki (thanks Mike!). Likewise, mbabound08 came away from her Wharton interview feeling good, but she also cautioned future interviewees to think about just how silent their cell phones’ silent modes really are! B-school Bound’s request for interview tips sparked a questionable conversation about interview fashion statements. Bokaa was considering adding Yale to his list, and asked his readers for their insights on the program there. Describing her Ross interview, Tamasin reported getting an interesting question from her interviewer about how he should remember her.
There were some interesting first-year MBA student posts last week, touching on everything from the profound to the mundane. Le blog hog considered the allure of a Private Equity career for himself and his fellow INSEAD classmates while Asiangal described high stakes of the BCG Case Competition at Wharton, in which the first place prize is cash and a summer internship. With a little time to digest the experience, CS gave a more in depth description of the HBS Cyberposium 13 event, a huge tech conference in the MBA community.
In other corner’s of the MBA-student blogosphere, Anand modeled the financial state of the average MBA student – demonstrating the influences of Darden’s academic rigor! On a less abstract note, HairTwirler took her readers back to the basics of McDonough academics, after realizing that she and fellow bloggers often neglect important details. Going to an even more basic level, Chicago GSB student MaybeMBA contemplated the extent to which money is a motivator for business school students.
Regardless of winters’ bleak descent, Iday had a great time at Chicago’s Golden Gargoyles event, and Necromonger followed up on the very important task of documenting last week’s INSEAD dash – oh, and he also took care of a few other responsibilities. Meanwhile, for busy readers who want to read about the first three months of business school all in one breathless telling, c2c has finally had the time to debrief on the first-year Kellogg experience.
With the end in sight (or perhaps it’s the beginning?), second year student Angel Angie walked her readers through her final decision to sign with an investment bank instead of a hedge fund for next year, and made some cheerful projections about her months remaining at LBS. John gave his readers a glimpse of one of his start-ups in progress, which he’s working on during his second year at Columbia; and Fran directed his readers’ attention to a new launch from a recent LBS graduate.
MBA Gladiator checked in for his monthly post, and pondered whether or not life at Yale SOM, though still fun, had become a bit routine. On the other end of the spectrum, Jacek surfaced far from ESADE – wandering the dunes of Namibia?! – just long enough to write a quick post to his readers. On another well-timed trip to Washington D.C., Rubeo Boy reveled in the glory of the MLS Cup championships (sounds like perhaps he’s been feeling the absence of soccer madness at Stern).
That does it for this week in the MBA blogosphere. Best wishes for a wonderful fall weekend to our fellow bloggers, and of course to all our readers!
