Hello and welcome to Fridays From The Frontline, Clear Admit’s persistent perusal of the MBA blogosphere. As those of us in the United States gear up for a weekend of barbeques, fireworks and a lot of red, white and blue, we thought we’d take a closer look into the lives of all those in the b-school bubble.
If applying to b-schools can be compared to a highway, many of this years applicants are still making their way up the on-ramp. Class of 2012 aspirant Xlick gave his two cents on the financial crisis while fellow hopeful Hari had a lot on his mind, from how to better his GMAT score to his planned 4th of July activities in Chicago. Travel was on some bloggers’ plates, but certainly not all. HBS ’10 Gabrielle apologized for the lack of b-school content before sharing photographs from her recent trip to the Capitol. McCombs ’10 Metal decided not to travel to Miami and found that his work projects were going quite well. INSEAD ’09 MBAMRS was staying in Fontainbleu while figuring out visa issues, but had a rather annoying visitor stay with her for a week. BU ’11 Felish didn’t have a farewell party in her honor because her entire department was let go on the same day. Foster ’11 Helen had a better last day, and even sent her boss an email outlining some of the lessons she learned while on the job. In early zap news, Deepak was given the zap from the Reliance Fellowship but was going to move forward with his plans to apply to Stanford. Fuqua ’11 ChocHeaven was one of a few bloggers who mentioned Michael Jackson’s death.
Haas ’11 Lauren made a blueberry crumble, add some strawberries and whipped cream and you’ve got yourself a patriotic dessert for the weekend. Kellogg ’11 D.G. shared a few of his canned responses to coworkers’ b-school questions. McCombs ’10 Paragon2Pieces noted that freaking out is a big part of being a law student. While still an intern in Atlanta, Darden ’10 JulyDream was amazed by how the Darden name really counted, and had at least one lunch set up with superiors at her company as a result of invoking the school’s reputation. Kellogg ’11 The.Grey.One bought a Macbook and didn’t regret the purchase, though he did plan on selling the iPod Touch that came with it. And, finally, HBS ’11 MilitaryToBusiness broke down some of the information about Harvard’s incoming class.
For those of you residing in the states we hope you get your grill on and that those of you in the midst of application prep take a breather from quantitatitively rigorous activities…unless the activity is counting how many cobs of corn you can consume in ten minutes. We hope to hear more about the travels and travails of all members of the b-school blogosphere community but, until then, Happy July 4th!
