It’s only been two weeks since I submitted my final application and I’ve definitely enjoyed my time off. I stayed off the boards where people listed their interview invites and admissions decisions because I knew it could only make me worry. But before I could even start stressing out, I got invited to interview at … Read more
I got my W-2 form today, as my company usually sends it a bit early. Now, I have friends that blow me out of the water, but I definitely make a decent salary at my current job – at least compared to the averages for people my age. Looking over my W-2 gave me a … Read more
Net Change: +$3,944.14 Net Cashflow: +$825.46 Investment Performance: +$3,188.68 October 2010 S&P Performance: +5.2% Dining Out Spend: $ (313.79) This month, I barely noticed that the new year had come around, mainly because I had my head buried in essays and business school application forms. But when it was all said and done, I hit … Read more
During my first foray into the B-School blogosphere, I encountered a number of blogs about people who had either applied and gotten into business school, or were dinged. One consistent thing about the blogs with the highest search rankings was that the majority of them had outdated posts. Their blogging updates ended either one or … Read more
When you sign up for the GMAT and during the actual GMAT exam itself, you are presented the option to sign up for the GMAC mailing list. I forget the actual terminology, but it says something like: “Do you want business schools to send you information about their programs and potential scholarships?â€Â “Scholarships†being the … Read more
I went to bed at 6 pm last night, the first night I didn’t have an essay or GMAT test looming over my head in 6 months. I woke up around 6:30 am. I don’t think I’ve ever slept that long before. Since I usually don’t get up that early, I decided to go work … Read more
I hit the submit button for Harvard this morning, with just a handful of minutes before the deadline.  The Harvard essays were definitely tricky, but given that it was my final application, it really wasn’t that bad. I had already come up with most of the ideas that I needed from doing all of my … Read more
Five days from now, I will submit my HBS application and be done with the application process. No more sacrificing of weekends. No more skipped holidays. No more heading straight to the library after work every single night. I’m trying not to lose focus, but it’s difficult when the finish line is so close. There … Read more
I first saw the ads for the CNBC special report “Price of Admission: America’s College Debt Crisis,” on nightly news. Since I don’t have cable, I couldn’t watch it until they posted it online. The special report is something anyone going to college and planning to amass debt should watch. Some of the practices by … Read more
I feel like a zombie. I submitted two apps over the course of twenty four hours and have two more apps to go. It’s become more of an anxiety stress than it is workload pressure at this point. The actual work I’m doing is pretty mundane: finding the website of that club I joined in … Read more