Welcome to Fridays From the Frontline, Clear Admit’s end of week post dedicated to getting to know the thoughts and lives of many b-school applicants and students. In the United States, July started with a cacophony of bangs due to its Independence Day weekend, which was properly chock full of family, friends, fun and fireworks.
XLick thoroughly enjoyed his July Fourth four-day weekend, and went to a Long Island beach, watched fireworks over the Hudson River and sang his karaoke-heart out in Philadelphia. McCombs ’10 Paragon2Pieces spent the majority of her holiday weekend editing a journal article. HBS ’10 Gabrielle spent her weekend acting as Maid-of-Honor for a close friend’s nuptials in Boston. Darden ’10 JulyDream joined 20 friends for a beach weekend in South Carolina. AMBAGuy wished America a happy birthday and shared some of his favorite GMAT prep procrastination techniques. INSEAD ’09 MBAMrs wrote quite the stream of consciousness post about a recent trip around France while Darden ’10 Mechanigal took a few trips to rural areas of India to learn about the residents’ buying habits.
Some bloggers were focused more on b-school matters, whether how to get in or how to make the most if it once accepted, than on the possible fireworks around them. HBS ’11 MilitaryToBusiness provided his perspective on the ideal set of recommendations. Rocky took the GMAT for the second time and his score improved by an impressive 50 points. LBS ’10 OutOnALimb was quoted in a Business Week article about books b-school students read and shared a few thoughts on his high-powered internship. McCombs ’10 Metal also had reading on his mind, and listed a few of the most influential books in his life. Kellogg ’11 Orlando felt glad that the trouble of what he was going to do with his house in Austin while in Evanston was finally going to be resolved. Haas ’11 Lauren, with a lot less worry, found herself an apartment and roommates for the fall. Inspired by an earlier post by Orlando, Kellogg ’11 D.G. shared his experiences of looking for an internship before b-school. Kellogg ’11 ExistentialNudge found the reality of his no longer having to go to into the office quite strange.
We hope that all of our readers and bloggers had a great first weekend in July, regardless of their nationality, and that this upcoming break from the working life is just as rich with activity. We can’t wait to hear more about test prep (or escape), sunny locales, good friends and adventure. Until then, this has been another rollicking role through the MBA roster.
