Times are crazy in the financial world and times are pretty hectic in the b-school blogosphere - so what’s the best way to calm oneself and get centered? A little perusal of Fridays From the Frontline, Clear Admit’s weekly unification of MBA applicant and student bloggers, of course. FFF makes you feel a little less alone and a little more in touch.
Without any more introduction, we’ll jump right into the continuing saga that is the application process! ’11 aspirants continue to do their best to put together stellar applications before the rapidly encroaching first round deadlines. Soni’s recommenders were on the ball and the result was a complete application for Kellogg. While Samantha continued to be stressed over her recommenders. The Teacher had the lovely advantage of finishing up and submitting his ISB application while staying on its campus. Maverick also submitted his ISB application…and moved on to six other applications. Always Thinking turned out to be “advanced mid’ in his proficiency in Chinese (part of the Wharton/Lauder requirement). Omne wondered if other applicants had ultra ‘gimme schools’. OMG pondered the fallout that would result because of the Lehman Brothers collapse. MissionMBA completed his Tuck essays and considered the possibility that the process would get easier. Ahembeea shared his thoughts on the Tuck essay prompts. MaxWriter struggled with the Chicago essays. TienyChesney continued to slowly become a networking god.
For first year students, the initial adjustment period is ending and they find themselves able to share a little more. Kellogg ’10 Miss Curly Bee gave a great summary of her first month in Evanston before jetting off to a Mexican themed party. Darden ’10 JulyDream shared the softball results of the Darden Cup. We’ll look for more information from first years next week as they continue to adjust to life in b-school…and get back to blogging about it!
In ’09er news, INSEAD ’09 Marc Zornes was part of a winning Business Venture competition team. Darden ’09 Mandy shared a few symptoms of senioritis with her readers. McDonough ’09 HairTwirler scored an impressive victory for Macintosh users everywhere. And Chicago ’09 GSBSutras wrote live, from Mumbai.
And here we conclude this week’s frontline report. We hope that those of you in the midst of your applications continue to soldier through and think good thoughts to those effected (financially, future job-wise or in any other way) by the recent Wall Street news. Have a great weekend!
