Welcome to the latest edition of Clear Admit’s Fridays From The Frontline! Every week we take a tour through the many blogs of those hoping to gain entry into an MBA program, and current students, whose application process is thankfully behind them. This week many MBA hopefuls were taking a collective breath as the last of round one deadlines passed. Students continue to be engaging in all sorts of activity, from watching classmates sing for a marketing competition to accepting job offers, current MBA bloggers are certainly a busy bunch.
Madalogue shared some of her favorite passages from a recent article by Tim Berry about the value of an MBA to an entrepreneur. Steve felt strangely empty without applications to work on, but found an MBA-oriented site that he encouraged other applicants to check out. ArdentMeerkat submitted her first application (Cornell) and found that seeing an end in sight helped her focus on her GMAT prep. A Beautiful Mind enjoyed Rotman’s class video, had plans to celebrate a few family birthdays and looked back on his set of applications. Procrastinator turned in his last round one application (Fuqua) and hoped his recommenders wouldn’t mind four more schools over the coming months. XLick asked his readers for suggestions for round two schools, and expressed his thanks and thoughts on the advice he was given. LBiggs spoke with a few Sloan alumni about how the application process works, and shared their overview with his readers. Rocky Balboa received zap news from Wharton, but felt great about finishing up his Babson application.
Kellogg ’11 Orlando shared a video of him practicing for the AT Kearney competition and hoped to look back at it in two years’ time and see improvement. Boston ’11 Felish enjoyed the Net Impact conference she and fellow classmates attended in Ithaca, but continued to be very busy. Kellogg ’11 Windsor appreciated fellow classmates’ video for the Kellogg Marketing Competition. Chicago Booth ’11 GlobThink thought that a recent lecture by Professor Sapra was one of the best he ever attended. Kellogg ’11 Shobhit found that, once in b-school, rankings were not as central to the experience as one might think. Stanford ’11 Sunnyside Up’s laptop had a scary run-in with 12 ounces of water, which has led to her decision to back up her computer each and every night. Goizueta ’11 Ahembeea wished he turn his blog into a photoblog in order to properly explain how much he was enjoying his b-school classes and community. LBS ’11 Alex wanted to hear his readers’ thoughts on his concept of ‘excitement management.’
Darden ’10 July Dream didn’t feel that her blog was in any way censored by the school, and explained why. Marshall ’10 Andrew explained what made his Leadership and Executive Development course one of his favorites. McCombs ’10 Paragon2Pieces made butternut squash soup and became compulsive about her reading. Harvard ’10 Inside HBS accepted a full-time position and wrote about Harvard’s recruiting regulations. McCombs ’10 Metal played a good tennis match and had his own phrase included in a group project’s slides. Darden ’10 Sameer wrote about the effort it took to start the Darden South Asia Club.
And that concludes this fresh Fridays From The Frontline. We hope that all applicants are taking a moment to regather their strength before more interview invites and final decisions come out, and that current students are making the most of their MBA experience. Keep blogging and have a great weekend!
