Welcome to Fridays From the Frontline, Clear Admit’s weekly report on the MBA blogging register. While applicants largely blogged about interviews, first-years logged recruiting hours and offers. Second-year bloggers remained a grab bag. Let’s get a closer look…
In the applicant realm, Miss Curly Bee promptly offered up mixed feelings, as well as a thorough transcript, of the questions from her Wharton alumni interview; Vidiviciveni also recounted a Wharton interview this week, only of the Hub variety. In the same vein, Mymbadream reported on a somewhat intermittent but overall solid-sounding Darden interview – now for the month-long wait to the finish! The waiting game over, newly named JulyDream donned a thin cloak of anonymity to muse on the four coffee-less years of her financial services career and her future at Darden, where First Coffee is a way of life. Also in the clear, although feeling a bit indecisive, B-School Bound narrowed his choices down to Harvard and Stanford, weighing the pros and cons of each.
In perhaps a more unexpected turn of events, Ross’ M@ closed out his “jobbin’” saga by settling upon internship option # 3, a small non-profit consulting firm in Chicago focused on pro bono city projects. They’re as lucky as they are eager to have him! On the other hand, MaybeMBA discussed feeling slightly less accommodated in the windy city, urging the Chicago GSB to amp up its motherhood-friendliness; despite the difficulties at times, she did manage to secure her first-choice summer offer – our congrats! Looking to increase the frequency of such results, St. Gallen’s Stuart suggested a job-oriented approach to choosing the right MBA program. Meanwhile, CS lamented the blustery backdrop at HBS and the drawn out technology recruiting process.
While a number of second years found reasons to lay low this week, Angie planned to make the best of a burst bubble – the housing bubble, that is! Ashwyn was also in good spirits, enjoying IESE’s riotous Multi-Culti ’08, a festive celebration of international costume, food, and by the looks of it, drink! Broadcasting from one of the world’s most multi-cultural cities himself, John extended a warm welcome to students admitted to CBS, urging them to stop by his table at CBS’ Open House today.
That’s all for now, folks… Thanks for tuning in to this week’s edition of FFF! Enjoy the wintry weather this weekend, and don’t forget to thaw out in time for next Friday’s MBA blogging report!
