Welcome to Fridays From The Frontline, Clear Admit’s coverage of business school bloggers’ sometimes brutal and sometimes beautiful experiences while striving towards an MBA. It’s been a week of reflections from MBA applicants students and graduates across the board, with numerous bloggers passing along advice for the often stressful preparation process for a top program.
Upon re-evaluating a few rejection letters, Earlybird looked ahead and laid out his plan of attack for re-applying to MBA programs. Sharing the same fate of missing matriculation, Chazer looked backward on and forward to the multiple tasks entailed in holding down a job and applying to an MBA program. While 2012 MBA Applicant rolled up his sleeves with a GMAT practice test, HARI discussed taking the GMAT to the next level. Meanwhile, Rocky Balboa is running up the art museum steps, figuratively speaking, toward his GMAT retake. Fellow MBA applicant XLick determined what he’ll be sharing in Columbia’s application and reported back on his GMAT meet-up.
With a flip of the calendar to June, Wake Forest ’11 Omne considered what tasks will fill his days. Having done his homework on Emory’s accommodations, Goizueta ’11 ahamebeea expressed excitement about (finally) starting his MBA in just 8 weeks. While fellow Goizueta ’11 MissionMBA passed along some quick tips for acing the AWA of the GMAT, Kellogg ’11 Managing Magic explained how the MBA could help bedroom entrepreneurs. Kellogg ’11 Orlando also weighed in with some advice on post-MBA prep. On the lighter side of the MBA, Haas ’11 Sunnyside Up chuckled over some unexpected treats from the University of Wisconsin School of Business.
Chicago Booth ’10 Bschool Diva made a quick stop by the blogosphere to let everyone know she hasn’t fully disappeared – just deferred for a year. Finally reaping the fruits of his labor, LBS ’10 Out on a Limb shared some scenes from the London Business School Crossroads Art Exhibition, which he helped organize. Though Darden ’10 JulyDream was pleased with her just-released grades, she won’t be celebrating with a piece of candy.
While Darden ’09 Anand pondered his past four years in the U.S., Chicago Booth ’09 MaybeMBA reflected on the responsibility of blogging and the ROI of an MBA. Though raising one’s hand in class may seem simple, it certainly doesn’t sound common, according to INSEAD ’09 MBAMRS, who killed her cluelessness in macroeconomics simply by asking a question the old-fashioned way.
That wraps up the first week of June in the b-school blogging community! If you’ve just joined – or have been milling around – the blogosphere as an MBA applicant or student, send your blog address to wiki@clearadmit.com. We’ll add you to the applicant blogger’s page of the Clear Admit Wiki and you may be featured in Fridays from the Frontline! Happy blogging!
