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Hi friends and readers - whoever may still be out there:I have been hesitant to update this blog since starting school - its been a complete whirlwind.   I feel like I can barely describe everything I have experienced, but I'll try.... Orientation was intense. Long days of CBS's IBS and PSI curriculum, followed by evenings of corporate sponsored boozin' - all in the name of networking, of course.

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I'm back from Australia - what a beautiful country! I think the beauty of Oz is how different it is. I got a small sampling of a few things it has to offer - desert, rain forest, urban living, wildlife. I'll post a few pictures after I sort through them all. I know consulting is not for me as I'm already tired of airplanes and hotels after two weeks (and two more shorter trips in the upcoming

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Yesterday was my last day of work. I've already moved out of my place and am now at my parents' house. I had a fun goodbye party, a teary happy hour that lasted until midnight, and countless lunches out. It was a great run, and I was sad to leave. Next step is Columbia! :)Well, the real next step is vacationing. I take off for Australia in a few hours and I'm finishing up my (annoyingly)

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I was nominated for Clear Admit's best of blogging award among applicant bloggers. I am pleasantly surprised, and feel that I'm in very good blogging company. Thanks Clear Admit for the shout out! :)

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Thanks to everyone who weighed in on my "when to tell them" dilemma. I decided to give my company one month notice before my final day, which I did earlier this week. I really couldn't have asked for it to go any better. I was pretty nervous; it took me 2 weeks to draft the "perfect" resignation letter. I've worked at the company since graduating from college and I've developed a really

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Hi friends in the blogosphere... I didn't forget about you, but in all honesty didn't have anything interesting to post lately. Work is still going smoothly and pretty quietly as well. There have been tons of budget cuts and projects have been delayed. As none of the management team knows of my plans to leave, things are a bit sticky for me. I had a project close last week. There are a few

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After a thoroughly relaxing holiday -- including watching all of Season 1 of Heroes in about three days, I am back at work. But work is no big deal. I spend a lot of the time daydreaming. All I can think about is the perfect New York City apartment, going to Australia with my best friend, and my last day of work, which has already been picked out.*big smile*

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Best wishes to all of you out there as we begin 2008! And good luck to those of you working on applications for those upcoming R2 deadlines!

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So time to 'fess up....I actually got an admit to Columbia the week before I heard from Chicago. Given the timing (per the binding Early decision agreement, I have two weeks to send my deposit to secure my spot at Columbia) I decided to wait it out and see what Chicago said. I was SHOCKED with an acceptance. After last year when I went 0 for 4, I got accepted at my top two choices. I'm still

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I got the admit call from Chicago this afternoon!!!! The only way to describe my feeling right now is pure elation.When I step off cloud nine, I'll blog more.

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As I wait to hear final decisions, I'm spending my timePlaying in a work intramural kickball tournament: we won it tonight. rock on!Christmas shopping: I am at the point where amazon won't cut it any more so I will have to face the crowds.Moving: my roommate moved out so I'm moving slowly in the master bedroom.Recommender presents: a good time to get them thank you gifts with the holiday season.

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I did an alumni interview with Columbia on Monday. Seeing as it was so soon after my Chicago I was a little nervous I would say Chicago instead of Columbia in some of my answers, but luckily I avoided that. Overall, I felt less nervous but lacked a real "connection" with the interviewer. We didn't have much in common, but I enjoyed our conversation. He got a good feeling of my goals, reasons

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I went up to Chicago GSB this weekend to interview at Super Saturday. All in all, the interview went well. I had an alumni interviewer - he was very relaxed and laid back. He asked a few of the standard questions, but after a while it became more conversational. He seemed to appreciate my genuine Why Chicago. A question I am getting very used to is "Why not Kellogg?" as I want to go into

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Happy long weekend to all of you out there! I started my time off today and I'm hoping to be very productive with the days off, completing a few drafts of the Michigan essays and prep for my Chicago interview next week.In update news, I got an invitation to interview at Columbia this morning. I had been told that reapplicants who interviewed the previous year often do not re-intervew so the

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With just over three hours to spare, I submitted my NYU application tonight, which closes up my Round 1 efforts. Next up is Chicago interview prep and Michigan essays. I hope to make a big dent into Michigan over the Thanksgiving holiday. In running news, I aggravated my plantar fasciitis this past week so I haven't been running. Just lots of ibuprofen, stretching and icing my left foot while

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So I'm a little bit of a dork, but I was really excited to merit a mention in Clear Admit's Friday on the Frontline. I've been reading the blog for months so I got a little giddy when I read it this morning.My nose is to the grindstone as I work on my two NYU essays (standard essay one and a "how have you improved since last year" essay 4 for reapplicants) I am finding it difficult to simply

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I decided to go ahead and fly up there and do the campus interview thing. It was difficult to pick a date with trying to finish up NYU and wanting enough time to properly perpare, not to mention factoring in Thanksgiving week as the worst time to fly. Anyway, I chose December 1, the round 1 Saturday interview date, which will serve my purposes since I've visited many a time.I'm stoked except

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With only two applications out the door, I'm constantly checking my email in hopes of word from Columbia. I saw a former roommate at a wedding this weekend and she is a first year at CBS. She just got me even more stoked about the idea of going there. NYU is coming along slowly. I should make the November 15th date without a problem, but work has been manic and I come home drained.I had

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Today I....Got a full LASIK consultation and scheduled my surgery for January. I can't afford any down time while working on R2 apps.Got a tooth fillingwent to work with my eyes dilated and numb mouth (yup I was a mess!)went to a wedding rehearsal and rehearsal dinnerwent to work briefly for a software releaseBut must excitingly.... I GOT MY CHICAGO INVITATION TO INTERVIEW!!!!! :) *High five to

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because he doesn't get quite as much play time as normal. With my roommate gone on a vacation, he just sits and watches me type away.As of today, one week before the deadline, I put Michigan to Round 2. Now I can just breathe a little bit and can focus on NYU due November 15th.

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So, Chicago says that your powerpoint must be less than 10MB to upload into the system. Mine is right over 5MB and refused to upload. The alternative is to convert the file into a .pdf file which will be considerably smaller. Warning: I had a little difficulty since I had some cutesy labels that were tilted - most of these solutions mangled my cutesy label!Some solutions for those even more

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If you are planning on spending your entire weekend working hard on an application that is due in 5 days, do not start your Saturday morning by making your annual visit to the eye doctor. I had my eyes dilated for the first time today and could not read until about 2pm. Oops... Be smarter than me, folks!

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I am now under review at Columbia. 10 weeks and I'll have a decision.

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It feels good to have that one out of the way. I think I went through six distinct drafts of my re-application essay before I got to the final one. I kept re-reading data forms and hitting submit was difficult. Oh well, now on to Chicago :)Good luck to everyone as we get round 1 finished up.

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Title should be sufficient. I'm around, but evenings are filled with essay writing. I may move Michigan to Round 2 as I have yet to start drafts. And Chicago's powerpoint is still killing me. Otherwise I'd rather not discuss as I'm stressed :)Not to mention Fall TV has started. As a self-professed TV junkie, my Tivo is working overtime to get everything recorded so I can watch later. On a

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In a word: slowFirst draft is back with comments. I'm working through them - fairly substantial as I expected. I'm hoping to get through them in the next few days. I want to get Columbia out in the next two weeks and then focus hard on Chicago (ie school that kept me on the waitlist for five months and still wants me to fill out the whole application to re-apply)The stress is starting to get

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I went running this morning at the gym - I am attempting to get geared up for training for a half marathon in January. I've let myself get out of long distance running shape, but have been doing pretty good recently. Unfortunately, this morning, I was dragging and didn't make it very far.Hopefully that won't be indicative of my long weekend, which I hope to be very productive. By today or

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Does anyone else find themselves constantly re-wording, rephrasing every sentence of their essays? Perhaps it is because I'm still on my first essay, but I'm having difficulty committing to any of my words!

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I have a confession. Last year, I was addicted to the Business Week forums, in a bad bad bad way. When I should have been writing essays, talking to my friends, eating, sleeping, I was reading the BWeek forums and deciding that since I have never built and funded an orphanage all by myself I was never going to get into b-school. It sprouted intense paranoia and unnecessary stress, and since it

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I finally got dinged two days ago from Chicago GSB off of the waitlist. As far as I know, the entire waitlist has been entirely cleared out. It wasn't such a big surprise after their exceptionally high yield and overbooked class. In fact when I got the email, the whole thing was anti-climatic. I felt nothing except maybe a slight twinge. I'm planning on improving my Chicago GSB application

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I have started work on draft one of my first reapp essay. I put together a time line of when I wanted everything to be submitted and it got my rear in gear. If I want to meet all of them, I should have started...oh, a month ago.I'm a horrible blogger. Who finds these things interesting?

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I'm still on the research trail. I am putting feelers out for friends of friends who go to the business schools I'm adding to my application list. I like Duke and Michigan a lot so I am pretty sure about those which just leaves one more school for my list.I think I'm going to attack my reapplications first: Columbia and Chicago. I also signed up for an MBA tour at the beginning of September

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I had a feedback session last week with Columbia. Like what I heard from some others out there, it was mainly "you were great; we just had a really competitive year." About 10 minutes into the conversation, the admissions officer eventually said that while my transition to my post-MBA goal was believable and defined it would have been more elaborated especially compared to my peers. I was glad

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I have actually not decided whether or not I'm reapplying. The application process is emotional, demanding, and honestly not something I'm sure I want to repeat.Why, you may ask?1. I'm not entirely happy at my job and I'm not sure I can last another year there. Finding another job, I believe, would push me back another year at least in MBA terms. (a job switch so close to applying would

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I've decided to join the MBA blogging community because I pity my friends and them having to listen to me discuss MBA admission, ad naseum.I applied to four MBA programs last year and was rejected after interview from NYU, Columbia, Kellogg. I am actually still on the waitlist at Chicago, but as I am a optimistic realist I have begun preparations for re-applying for Fall 2008. I feel that I

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