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The 7 stages of B-school rankings

Posted in General on January 29, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Reading the furore on BW forums over the latest FT rankings catalyzed these thoughts: Do rankings matter so much? My two cents…
I started my Bschool journey in sometime in April/May last year

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Waiting for the inevitable

Posted in MIT Sloan on January 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »

MIT Sloan R1 results are being released today
And I’m waiting for my first DING
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Oh well… it can only get better than this!

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Tuck & Darden

Posted in Darden, Tuck, interview on January 26, 2008 | 7 Comments »

Two schools I had applied to purely because of their culture and my fit with them were Tuck & Darden. I had received very high opinion of both these schools, though in slightly different areas. Some Tuck alumni I knew convinced me about the close knit community at Tuck. This is really in line with [...]

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I can’t concentrate

Posted in General on January 25, 2008 | 5 Comments »

This wait is just killing me!!!I’m trying hard to get a life… in the past 15 days:

I took M out for our belated (2 weeks overdue) anniversary  dinner in a plush 5 star
Invited a few ex-colleagues with their partners over for dinner/drinks – and cooked for them
Watched 11 episodes of Heroes season two (in 2 days) on Joox [...]

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Complete for Round 2

Posted in Wharton on January 23, 2008 | 4 Comments »

Yippee!!! My Wharton application went “Complete – Round 2″ today!
I was worried they’ll put me in the hopeless Round 3, after I submitted late by about half an hour – but I guess better sense prevailed Thank you Thomas Caleel & team!
As the Wharton mail had stated:
If your online account reads “Complete – [...]

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Waiting…

Posted in Chicago, Columbia, Harvard, LBS, Wharton on January 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Its on in full steam now! The wait for (1) an admit (2) an interview invite (3) or even an update on my R2 submitted applications.
Harvard: submitted on 3rd Jan
No change in the AY application status, but I’ve heard HBS doesn’t believe in that; they rely on email and I’m keeping a close eye on [...]

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Optimistic? or Unrealistic?

Posted in Darden, MIT Sloan, Tuck on January 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Some thoughts & self-evaluation on my 1st round applications:
MIT Sloan : submitted on 30th Oct
No interview call yet; I’ve been optimistic, but reality is soon going to bite, on 28th, the day their Round 1 decisions are due. So this may be the end of the road for me at MIT. Agreed they claim to hand out [...]

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Tuck interview update

Posted in Tuck, interview on January 21, 2008 | 3 Comments »

A recap of my Tuck interview…
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I had a telephonic interview with a second year Tuckie in the first week of Jan’08 – what a way to start the new year  After the pleasantries, we moved on to the expected “take me through your resume” question, which flowed into the Why MBA and Why Tuck threads. [...]

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This is so unprofessional

Posted in Darden on January 15, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Whats it with these Darden folks? Do they not understand the concept of rounds? Or deadlines? Ethics maybe?
The latest rumors from Darden are that they could be pushing some EA/ED interviews to Feb slots so that one can interview with the R2 pool. Do they mean you are being waitlisted without an interview?
I picked up [...]

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New words in the Oxford dictionary

Posted in General on January 14, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Following the second cricket test between India & Australia, the Oxford dictionary has decided to add some words to keep up-to-date with the times
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Ponting : (n) (adj) 1. A breed of strange animal that hunts humans~ occasionally found in the deserts of South West Australia 2. A bully 3. Also used as inhuman [...]

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