Hi there and welcome to Fridays From The Frontline, Clear Admit’s weekly foray into the world of MBA applicant and student bloggers. On Tuesday we announced the winners of this years Best of Blogging competition and would like to congratulate TienyChesney and MaybeMBA for their contributions to the blogger community. We’d also like to acknowledge the great work done by all members of the b-school blogosphere. The past year’s FFF has been chock full of interesting advice, important insight and hilarious hijinks, and it’s all a result of the quality posts every individual blogger brings to the cyber ‘table’. This week was no exception.
Many of Clear Admit’s Best of Blogging nominees and/or winners were active over the course of this past week. Kellogg ’11, and member of the BoB applcant top three, D.G. recounted his early career journaling experiences and how thieving grannies had a hand in his blogging success. Fellow top three BoB-er, Goizueta ’11 Ahembeea decided on five things one should do to keep busy before matriculating. Kellogg ’11 The.Grey.One had the difficult choice of which Kellogg KWEST trip to go on, but was narrowing his choices. Ross ’11 Raghunthrao amassed a list of useful tools one might like to have while getting their MBA. Stanford ’11 PaloAltoForAwhile worried that the b-school mindset might lead to an influx of frenemies. Chicago Booth ’11 Soni congratulated fellow top ten BoB-ers and linked to his best GMAT advice post. Bizwiz was happy for the BoB nomination but was predominantly thinking about the value of figuratively falling back and regrouping. Foster ’11 Helen gave her work notice and shared some lessons she gained from another MBA grad’s blog. In less b-school specific news, Lauren made a salted caramel and pecan cheesecake.
With the end of the school year enticingly close, student bloggers generally seemed to be in high spirits. Darden ’10 Mechanigal may still be looking for an internship, but the great weather and good friends gave her at least one wonderful day. HBS ’09 Rob went hiking and made a soda pop anaology for hedge funds. LBS ’10 OutOnALimb also got some distance from campus during a class trip to Italy, where they visited a helicopter plant and partied in a bonafide castle. Darden ’10 Oren found the perspective of former Mexican president Vincente Fox quite interesting. McDonough ’09 Hairtwirler ruminated on the influence of Winston Churchill, and didn’t mind being ‘bumped’ from the BoB top three…since she has her upcoming wedding to keep her occupied and excited. Darden ’10 JulyDream was happy to find herself in the top three as well, but the real fun was her performance in Darden’s Follies. Students weren’t an entirely happy-go-lucky bunch… McCombs ’10 Paragon2Pieces, was a bit underwhelmed by the change in her class schedule and INSEAD ’10 MBAMRS considered the toll an MBA program can have on relationships.
Well, with one more hearty cheer and congratulatory hoorah to all the participants of the 2008-2009 Best of Blogging competition, we have come to the end of this week’s greatest hits. Today is the first day of May and many bloggers will soon be graduating, while others are just a few weeks away from summer internships or pre-MBA travels. Whatever the future pursuit, we can’t wait to read about it this summer!
