Welcome back to Fridays From The Frontline, Clear Admits regular end of the week perusal of the world of business school blogging. This week, round one acceptances and zaps began coming in at a faster rate while the deadlines for round two steadily became closer.
A flurry of news has been winging its way to ’11 hopefuls this past week, with even more decisions slated for next week, applicants are in a tizzy. Fishee was accepted by Wharton and Duke in one day and Samantha got into Kellogg. MBADreamer, still waiting to hear from Stanford and Haas, considered a round two application to McCombs. Mike, having already heard from Kellogg, was still waiting for news from Chicago. Omne found it comforting to know that his schools’ decisions would be known on a firm date, though this was not originally his sentiment. And Ameya received an interview invitation from Darden. In other applicant news, MBAlmighty shared his experience visiting the Indian School of Business. ArdentMeerkat, finding herself a bit overwhelmed, tweaked her GMAT study schedule. MissionMBA shared his analysis of the Fuqua essays while Chandara went to a friend’s holiday work party and hoped, one day, to be in an industry that awarded bonuses. Soni touched upon the recent Kellogg scandal in which rejected applicants received acceptance emails as well as rejection statuses (also known as “acceptajections”).
For most b-schools, the first semester/quarter/term concluded, and Darden ’10 Mechanigal was unnerved by the resulting slower pace of life. McCombs ’10 Metal found Austin very quiet without classes or batchmates, but was considering taking up squash. Wharton ’10 TinyDancer was not overly fazed by final exams, finding her greatest challenge to be the lure of football games and hot chocolate. Darden ’10 JulyDream shared her experience of a week on Wall Street while Chicago Booth ’10 BSchool Diva stated her opinion on the usefulness of minority programs like Management Leadership for Tomorrow.
’09ers were a bit on the quiet side this week. Darden ’09 Mandy equated the number of shoes she left around the house with how much she loved her partner. McDonough ’09 HairTwirler was rightfully excited to get an interview from a company in which she was interested. Chicago Booth ’09 MaybeMBA had a few thoughts about her final exams and the professors that designed them.
And that ends this week’s foray into the always compelling world of b-school applications and academics. Clear Admit’s hearts go out to those affected by the Kellogg ‘acceptajections’ or to any who have recently received zap news, keep your heads up! As holidays approach we hope that those who celebrate find themselves warm and safe wherever they are, and we can’t wait to hear about the many trips current b-schoolers will take during this break! On one last note, we’d like to remind current applicants (bloggers and non-bloggers alike) that today is the last day to submit interview reports to the Clear Admit Wiki, with the possibility of winning a free iTunes gift card.
