Welcome to Clear Admit’s weekly edition of Fridays From The Frontline! As the spring of 2009 begins to get its groove on, bloggers in the b-school blogosphere are continuing to let their voices be heard. Topics covered in this week’s round up include visa dos and don’ts, suggestions on how to get the best possible recommendation and swan riding in Boston.
Quite a few bloggers took a break from strictly MBA-specific content and allowed us to get a look at their other interests and passions. Foster ’11 Helen posted a movie trailer for Julie and Julia. Lauren was also focusing on the culinary, with recipes for chocolate peanutbutter ice cream and strawberry sherbert. Kellogg ’11 The.Grey.One linked to a list of beautiful words and shared his thoughts on Time’s 100 people of 2009. Kellogg ’11 Mike was attempting to sell his apartment and joined a Dek hockey league. LBS ’10 OutOnALimb wrote about a recent New York Times article on God. HBS ’10 HarvardBound finally got to ride a swan. Darden ’10 JulyDream attended a small gathering at the dean’s house for a meeting of the Darden bloggers and emerged as the group’s president for the next year. Darden ’09 SquareMethod hiked to a waterfall with his wife and found merit in examining his life.
Soon-t0-be incoming students did have a few b-school related thoughts to share. Samantha made her choice to join Kellogg official by sending a deposit to the school and finding an apartment in Evanston. Bizwiz had a few thoughts about being on a waitlist and outlined his b-school plan B. Carey ’11 Maverick provided a thorough rundown of what an Indian applicant needs to successfully get through the visa application process. LBS ’11 PinchTheBubble also had a few thoughts on the visa process and shared his feelings about saying goodbye to his coworkers and country. Kellogg ’11 D.G. refined his business plan. While May might bring in better weather, Ahembeaa felt the need to write an open letter to the month with a few observations and requests. Wake Forest ’11 Omne also had a few thoughts about the month of May, and established when his official ‘last day of work’ would be (57 days and counting). Columbia ’11 TienyChesney shared his experience at yet another CBS open house, went ‘down under’ for vacation and announced his plans to retire from the blogging biz. Goizueta ’11 MissionMBA celebrated his position in Clear Admit’s Best of Blogging top ten. Stanford ’11 PaloAltoForAwhile outlined her method to getting the best recommendations and felt that her b-school Facebook friends were multiplying at a dizzying rate. Darden ’10 Mechanigal relished the freedom of Darden’s exam schedule and couldn’t believe that, for all intents and purposes, she was done with her first year. ’10 MBABound returned from the ether for a post that summed up her first year lessons. McCombs ’10 Metal assessed his final exams. Darden ’10 Oren discussed the school’s recent agreement with Amazon to use Kindles for student reading. McCombs ’10 Paragon2Pieces was thankful for her summer internship but worried about the future. Kellogg ’10 La Coguette commented on the good and the bad of Kellogg student performances. INSEAD ’10 MBAMrs noticed how an influx of new students from Singapore opened up her social circle and had a few goals for the new study period.
This will close out our first full week of May, we hope that it started strong for our readers, and doesn’t waiver or disappoint as the days go by. As we inch our way towards the end of the school year and the beginning of summer, we can’t wait to unearth the blogs of individuals hoping for a place in the class of 2012. If you are an MBA aspirant for the next admissions season, or a current/future student blogger, make sure you’re included in Fridays From The Frontline and our Wiki by emailing us at: wiki@clearadmit.com. To those already part of the FFF roster, we wish you well over the course of the next week and can’t wait to hear about your thoughts and endeavors.
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