Hello and welcome to another installment of Fridays From the Frontline. Clear Admit has been vigilant in its perusal of the MBA blogosphere this week and can see that the dwindling summer days have lit a fire under aspirants and current students alike. Though the Olympics continue, many bloggers’ attentions were focused on different matters this week.
The class of ’09 found themselves at the end of their internships and were already looking back at all they managed to fit into the summer. Some of these summer reflections proved to be more, well, squishy than others, to which McDonough ’09 Hairtwirler (still in England) could, unfortunately, testify. Chicago ’09 Iday was particularly introspective, having realized that it had been a year since he arrived in Chicago with big MBA dreams. Ross ’09 M@ was equally appreciative of the last year and had a great time on his Colorado M-TREK. After more than a month without a post HBS ’09 CS surfaced with beautiful pictures around Seattle and shared a few ways that being a second year HBS differed from first year status. Darden ’09 Mandy shared photographs as well, of her throwing a pig skin around with Larry Brown. Fellow Darden classmate Anand provided a serious entry about his thoughts on the west’s reactions to China’s job of hosting the Olympics.
First years continued to arrive and settle into their new digs. INSEAD ’09 Marc arrived safely in France and represented his homeland by wearing an Obama shirt out on the town while wondering when he might find himself back in the States. LBS ’10 N.A.S. was happily in London and shared a few pros and cons about the city. Kellogg ’10 Miss Curly Bee was packed and almost ready to fly halfway across the world to Evanston. Darden ’10 JulyDream has been at the school for a while but the last week, for her, was all about survival…and crutches. Wharton ’10 Tiny Dancer called on all bloggers to participate in Blog Action Day and provided a formula to explain why her body was “rejecting” Wharton.
As is often the case, the MBA hopefuls were quite a vocal bunch over this past week. OMGparishilton discussed MBA guidebooks and sent Clear Admit a “howler” with the promise of eyeball doubling. Ahembeea personified all seven of the INSEAD essays. Omne wondered if he was the only one who preferred invite-only interviews while V2Bschool pondered whether future MBA women dressed as nicely when they weren’t attending admissions events. Soni submitted his first application and started his campaign to win Clear Admit’s Best of Blogging Award. Leonidas was advised to change his essay writing style. Samantha and MissionMBA started reaching out to past and present MBA students in order to learn more about their target schools. TienyChesney’s enthusiasm over Columbia reached new ‘heights’. And, finally, Fishee gave their two cents on GMAT guidebooks and online practice exams.
Another week in the blogosphere is complete. As summer fades and fall looms we hope that that all your MBA hopes and plans have time to bloom! Come back next week to learn more about incoming students’ first impressions of their chosen programs and returning students’ efforts to take advantage of every moment of their summers.
